At the time that Bartolomeo Cristofion invented the piano, the most popular keyboard instruments were the harpsichord and the clavichord. Both instrument looked like the piano. The difference between them and the modern piano is the way their sound. The word piano is an shortened form of pianoforte, the Italian term for the early 1700s version of the instrument.
At the time that Bartolomeo Cristofion invented the piano, the most popular keyboard instruments were the harpsichord and the clavichord. Both instrument looked like the piano. The difference between them and the modern piano is the way their sound. The word piano is an shortened form of pianoforte, the Italian term for the early 1700s version of the instrument.