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Piano

1720
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684
Este piano es el más antiguo del mundo. Data de 1720, y todavía se puede tocar. Es uno de tres instrumentos procedentes del taller de Bartolomeo Cristofori, quien inventó el piano hacia 1700 en la corte florentina de los Médici. El complejo mecanismo prefigura el piano moderno, pero el teclado es más corto y carece de pedales para generar contrastes tonales. En cambio, la extensión comprende tres registros distintos: tonos bajos, cálidos y sonoros; medias octavas, más dinámicas; y tonos agudos, de sonido breve y brillante. Destinado básicamente al acompañamiento, el invento de Cristofori se denominaba gravicembalo col piano e forte (clavicémbalo con piano y fuerte) en referencia a su innovadora flexibilidad dinámica.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Piano
  • Artista: Bartolomeo Cristofori, italiano, 1655–1731
  • Fecha: 1720
  • Material: Ciprés, boj, latón, diversos materiales
  • Dimensiones: l. 228,6 cm
  • Crédito: Colección Crosby Brown de Instrumentos Musicales, 1889
  • Número de inventario: 89.4.1219
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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