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Timeline for the development of the piano etc
1700
Bartolomeo Cristofori's "new invention" of the piano e forte recorded, Florence,
Italy
1711
- Scipione Maffei publishes a journal article about the piano
- John Shaw
invents the tuning fork
1716
Jean Marius submits hammer-keyboard designs to Royal Academy
of Sciences, Paris
1721
Christoph Gottlieb Schroter submits hammer-keyboard designs
to the Saxon Court, Dresden
1725
- Translation of Maffei's article into German stimulates
widespread interest
- Pianos advertised, Vienna
1730s
- Gottfried Silbermann experiments
in Dresden, Germany with pianos derived from Cristofori
- Pianos known to be in Portuguese
and Spanish courts
1730
- Fickert advertises hammer-keyboard instrument in Leipzig,
Germany
- Kirkman piano makers founded in London, England
1739
Domenico del Mela builds
earliest known upright piano, Gagliano, Italy
1740s
Christian Ernst Friederici makes
upright pianos, Gera, Germany
1745
Franciso Perez Mirabal begins making pianos in Spain
1740
George
Frederic Handel plays on a piano, London, England
1747
J. S. Bach plays a Silberman
piano at the Prussian Court, Potsdam, and composes Musical Offering
1760s
- Pianos
derived from Cristofori built in Spain and Portugal
- Pantalons, small hammer-keyboard
instruments, made in Germany
1766
Probable invention of the square piano by Johannes
Zumpe, London
1771
- Americus Backers produces the English grand piano, London;
- Earliest
reported public piano performance in North America by David Propert, Boston
- Robert
Stodart takes out a patent using the name "Grand" to describe his instrument. This
was the first known use of the word "Grand" in a patent
1772
Johann Andreas Stein,
a former apprentice of Silberman from 1749 -1750, develops the Viennese action in
Augsberg, Germany
A fascinating journey from 1700 till the present. It’s an amazing history!