Music Guide: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Around the year 1700, Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) created the hot keyboard device and coined its call from the fact that it is able to each play “piano” (tender) and “area of expertise” (loud)