Multiple choice general knowledge

The inventor of the Piano

  1. Karl Benz

  2. Tim Berners-Lee

  3. Bartolomeo Cristofori

  4. None
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Explanation

Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in the early 1700s (around 1700-1709) in Florence, Italy. His invention, originally called the 'gravicembalo col piano e forte' (harpsichord with soft and loud), allowed musicians to control volume by touch pressure. Cristofori was employed by the Medici family as keeper of instruments.

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