Piano

1720
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684
Este piano, o mais antigo que existe, é um dos três instrumentos procedentes da oficina de Bartolomeo Cristofori, que inventou o piano em 1700 na corte florentina de Médici. O exemplar do Museu, que data de 1720, ainda pode ser tocado. Seu mecanismo complexo prefigura o piano moderno, mas o teclado é mais curto e não tem pedais para gerar contrastes tonais. Em vez disso, a extensão compreende três registros diferentes: tons baixos quentes e sonoros, meias oitavas mais dinâmicas e tons agudos de som breve e brilhante. Destinado principalmente ao acompanhamento, a invenção de Cristofori foi chamada de gravicembalo col piano e forte (clavicêmbalo com piano e forte) em referência à sua flexibilidade dinâmica inovadora.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Piano
  • Artista: Bartolomeo Cristofori, italiano, 1655–1731
  • Data: 1720
  • Meio: Cipreste, madeira de buxo, latão, vários materiais
  • Dimensões: 228,6 cm de comprimento
  • Linha de créditos: Coleção Crosby Brown de Instrumentos Musicais, 1889
  • Número de acesso: 89.4.1219
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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This piano may not look fancy or elegant. But it’s very important. It’s the oldest piano in the world, invented by Bartolommeo Cristofori about three hundred years ago. If you’ve played a piano or looked at one closely, you might notice that this one is different from what you’re used to. Do you know what some of the differences are? Take a peek underneath it. Unlike a modern piano, this one doesn’t have any pedals. It also has only fifty-four keys; a modern one has eighty-eight. Listen to the sound of this instrument. How is it different from the music that comes out of a modern piano?

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