TO THE PIANO LOVERS

1. PIANO

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TYPES OF PIANO

3. HEINTZMAN PIANO
• Designed by Canadian manufacturer Heintzman Pianos
this beautiful instrument was played for the first time in
front of an audience at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
by a Chinese pianist Lang Lang. The piano features a
gorgeous transparent design and is called the Crystal
Piano. It was later sold at an auction for $3.22 million,
making it the most expensive piano in the world.

4. The piano has been an extremely popular instrument in Western classical
music since the late 18th century. The piano was invented by Bartolomeo
Cristofori of Padua, Italy. He made his first piano in 1709. It developed from
the clavichord which looks like a piano but the strings of a clavichord are hit by
a small blade of metal called a “tangent”.In the piano the strings are hit by a
block of wood called a hammer. The early keyboarded instruments, such as the
clavichords, harpsichords and organs that were used at that time, had a much
shorter keyboard than they do today. Gradually the keyboard became longer
until it had the 88 notes (7 octaves plus three notes) of the modern piano.
THE GRAND PIANO

5. A piano has a keyboard with white keys and black keys. When a key is pressed
down, the damper comes off the string and a hammer hits the string. It hits it
very quickly and bounces off so that the string is free to vibrate and make a
sound. Each key is a level that makes a hammer inside the piano hit
a sound inside, producing a sound. Each string has a different length and so
produces-a differentnote When the player takes their finger off the key the
damper falls back onto the string and the sound stops. The strings are
stretched very tightly across the frame, passing over a sound on the way. The
bridge touches the soundboard. This means that the vibrations are sent to the
soundboard. The soundboard is a very important part of the piano. If it is
damaged the piano will not make a sound.
Inside an upright piano