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Have A Listen To The World’s Oldest Surviving Piano

MUSIC Posted: December 9, 2016 9:03 am

It’s a 1720 instrument by the inventor himself, Bartolomeo Cristofori, and Dongshok Shin plays one of the earliest pieces written for it. As long as you don’t expect the timbre of a Steinway grand (or the equal-temperament tuning Steinways typically use), the Cristofori sounds pretty good. (video)

MUSIC Published: 12.07.16

Read the story in Musical Toronto Published: 12.07.16

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