"It's completely intuitive; it's very responsive; it's incredibly intimate."
Curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer on the Grand Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano.
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"Les Cyclopes" by Jean-Philippe Rameau; Elaine Comparone, harpsichord; David Barnes, recording engineer; Steve Jambeck, videographer; A Harpsichord Unlimited Production. Copyright 2009
Grand Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori (89.4.1219) played by Cristofori Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013."The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, Courtesy Shout! Factory
Performance of Giga of Sonata number 6 in B flat major by Lodovico Guistini (1685-1743) by Dongsok Shin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 13, 2013.
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This is the earliest surviving piano
"It's completely intuitive; it's very responsive; it's incredibly intimate."
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
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Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
Associate Curator, Department of Musical Instruments
Associate Curator, Department of Musical Instruments
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