PIANO TIMELINE History Of The Piano Tracing the roots of the piano to the very beginning of consciousness, when man first became aware of sound.DATESLISTSINGLE Ancient Times C. 3rd Millennium BCE, Harp C. 2650 BCE, Guqin C. 2500 BCE, Lyre C. 5th Century BCE, Monochord 3rd Century BCE, Hydraulus 800, Music Notation 900, Portable Organ 900, Psaltery 1000, Clavier Early 1100s, Dulcimer Early 1100s, Hurdy-Gurdy Early 1100s, Organistrum 1157, Keyed Monochord C. 1160, Staff Appeared 1200, Chifonie C. 1280, Citole Early 1300s, Clavichord Early 1300s, Clavicytherium 1323, Clavicymbalum 1360, Chekker 1361, Large Organ C. 1397, Harpsichord C. 1400, Open Closed Notes 1404, Clavichord Name 1425, Harpsichord Minden C. 1450s, Hammered Dulcimer C. 1480, Clavicytherium Early 1500s, Spinet Early 1500s, Virginal 1521, Harpsichord By Jerome 1567, Monteverdi 1653, Pachelbel 1659, Purcell 1660, Scarlatti 1668, Couperin 1678, Vivaldi 1685, Händel 1685, Scarlatti 1685, Bach 1692, Marchand 1700, Pianoforte 1711, Tuning Fork 1711, Term: Pianoforte 1714, CPE Bach 1714, Christoph Willibald von Gluck 1718, Marpurg 1728, Stein 1730, Kirkman 1732, Haydn 1735, JC Bach 1738, Boroni 1748, Stein Apprentice 1750, Milchmeyer 1750, Türk 1750, Salieri 1752, CF Cramer 1752, Clementi 1756, Mozart 1760, 12 Apostles 1768, Bach Zumpe Recital 1768, Érard 1770, Beethoven 1771, JB Cramer 1775, Behrent's Forte 1777, Érard 1777, Stein Praise From Mozart 1778, Hummel 1779, Érard 1781, House Érard 1781, German Action 1781, Diabelli 1782, Paganini 1785, Érard Dispensation 1785, Kalkbrenner 1785, Wieck 1786, Carl Maria von Weber 1791, Czerny 1792, Érard London 1792, Mason 1792, Rossini 1794, Moscheles 1795, Marx 1795, Ritmüller 1796, Érard 1797, Schubert 1798, Bertini C. 1800, Brodmann 1803, Herz 1803, Berlioz 1804, Strauss I 1806, Burgmüller 1807, Pleyel 1808, Érard Patent 1809, Érard Patent 1809, Mendelssohn 1810, Plaidy 1810, Schumann 1810, Chopin 1811, Stamaty 1811, Liszt 1812, Thalberg C. 1812 - 1813, Ear Trumpets 1813, Verdi 1813, Wagner 1814, Henselt 1818, Theodor Kullak 1819, Hanon 1819, C Schumann 1819, Offenbach 1821, Érard 1822, Ehrlich 1823, Adolph Kullak 1823, Chickering 1824, Bruckner 1824, Smetana 1825, Hanslick 1825, Brodmann Patent 1825, Hol 1825, Strauss II 1826, Foster 1828, Deppe 1828, Bösendorfer 1829, Anton Rubinstein 1829, Gottschalk 1830, Leschetizky 1830, Bülow 1831, Érard 1831, Joachim 1833, Brahms 1835, Saint-Saëns 1838, Bizet 1839, Knabe 1839, Mussorgsky 1840, Tchaikovsky 1841, Tausig 1841, Dvořák 1842, Hardman Peck 1842, Sullivan 1843, Chickering Patent 1843, Grieg 1853, Blüthner 1853, Bechstein 1853, Steinway 1854, Mason & Hamlin 1854, Sousa 1854, Moszkowski 1854, Janáček 1854, Humperdinck 1855, Érard 1856, Wurlitzer 1857, Steck 1857, Kimball 1858, Matthay 1858, Puccini 1860, FE Clark 1860, Paderewski 1860, Mahler 1861, Whiting 1862, Baldwin 1862, Debussy 1863, Phillippe 1864, d'Albert 1864, R Strauss 1865, Sibelius 1866, Busoni 1866, Satie C. 1867, Joplin 1867, Beach 1871, Perzina 1873, Bauer 1873, Steck Prize 1873, Rachmaninov 1874, Schoenberg 1874, Ives 1875, Ravel 1876, Falla 1877, Cortot 1877, Kimball Organ 1879, Landowska C. 1880, Wurlitzer Piano 1881, Bartók 1882, Schnabel 1882, Kimball Company 1882, Stravinsky 1884, Bülow Liszt Masterclass 1885, Schimmel 1885, Scott 1887, Yamaha 1887, Kimball Piano 1887, Artur Rubinstein 1890, Morton 1890, Hess 1891, Porter 1891, Prokofiev 1894, Davenport 1895, Haskil 1896, Kohler & Campbell 1898, Yancey 1898, Gershwin 1899, Wurlitzer Tonophone 1899, Moore 1899, Ellington 1900, Schmidt 1900, Antheil 1900, Hobart Cable C. 1900, Spand 1900, Copland 1903, Horowitz 1903, Khachaturian 1904, Johnson 1904, Basie 1904, Waller 1904, Kabalevsky 1905, Frances Clark 1906, Sykes 1906, Montgomery 1906, Shostakovich 1909, Tatum 1910, S Stravinsky 1912, Cage 1914, Grindea 1914, Howard 1915, Richter 1916, Gilels 1917, Lipatti 1917, Monk 1918, Bernstein 1919, Cole 1920, Brubeck 1920, Simon 1923, Duckworth 1924, Pace 1924, Powell 1925, Peterson 1926, Goss 1927, Kawai 1927, Milburn 1928, Köhler 1929, Evans 1930, Chronister 1930, Wurlitzer Golden Age 1930, Sondheim 1930, Spann 1930, Jamal 1931, Brendel 1932, Gould 1933, Simone 1934, Cliburn 1935, Heller 1937, Glass 1938, Tyner 1940, Hancock 1941, Corea 1941, Argerich 1942, Barenboim 1945, Jarrett 1947, Perahia 1948, Uchida 1950, Sokolov 1953, Schiff 1956, Baldwin Pinblock 1956, Pearl River 1956, Zimerman 1959, Rhodes 1959, Kimball Jasper 1961, Érard 1965, Rhodes Suitcase 73 1969, Baldwin Hitch Pin 1971, Schimmel 1972, Roland 1973, Roland Electronic Piano 1974, Kimball International 1974, Roland EP 30 1975, Roland Digital 1975, Kern 1980, Roland 1982, Falcone 1983, Roland MIDI 1987, Falcone Patent C. 1988, Kingsburg 1991, Boston 1991, Trifonov 1992, Grosvenor 1996, Kimball Discontinued 2006, Wurlitzer Gibson2009, Roland V-Piano 2010, Roland SuperNatural 2013, Roland Grammy 1996, Kimball Discontinued< PREV 2009, Roland V-PianoNEXT > 2006, Wurlitzer GibsonGibson Guitar Corp purchases Wurlitzer.