Piano

Bartolomeo Cristofori Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684

Este piano es el más antiguo del mundo. Data de 1720, y todavía se puede tocar. Es uno de tres instrumentos procedentes del taller de Bartolomeo Cristofori, quien inventó el piano hacia 1700 en la corte florentina de los Médici. El complejo mecanismo prefigura el piano moderno, pero el teclado es más corto y carece de pedales para generar contrastes tonales. En cambio, la extensión comprende tres registros distintos: tonos bajos, cálidos y sonoros; medias octavas, más dinámicas; y tonos agudos, de sonido breve y brillante. Destinado básicamente al acompañamiento, el invento de Cristofori se denominaba gravicembalo col piano e forte (clavicémbalo con piano y fuerte) en referencia a su innovadora flexibilidad dinámica.

Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)

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Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)
Grand Piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655–1731 Florence), Cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir, Italian (Florence)

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