Hear the World’s Oldest Piano at The Met Museum
When Bartolomeo Cristofori constructed his "gravicembalo col piano e forte" (harpsichord with soft and loud) in the early 1700s, he wasn’t trying to create a new instrument - he was actually trying to build a harpsichord with a little more control. WQXR host Jeff Spurgeon visited the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Musical Instruments to speak with curator Jayson Dobney about the oldest piano in existence.
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Just realized now that the piano is basically a harp that is played with hammers. Can't believe it took me this long to see it.
I thought the piano was way older than the 1700's
“The world’s shortest video of the world’s oldest piano”
everyone gangsta till the piano player playing the old piano snaps one of the old strings
Nobody cares enough about the pianist to tell us who he is? "Oh, he's just a servant. Pay no attention to him."
Bartolomeo Cristofori:
i just heard the oldest piano in the world. nice.
You have an ABSOLUTELY LOVELY VOICE, but I clicked on the icon so I could hear the instrument!
Beautiful sound for such an old, old, OLD piano! A sound from the past and it is still delightful to listen to. Lovely!
Re-name to: "Hear some guy talk over the sound of the worlds oldest piano"
If anyone’s wondering the piece is Scarlatti sonata in D minor K. 9
If I was a pianist, no matter how great I was I would have tears in my eyes and thank the curator after being allowed the rare privileged of playing this particular instrument.
It even sounds more like a harpsichord than a modern piano.
Ah, yes.. now this is my jam.
You can notice the feeling of late Renaissance in this oldest Piano. It really gives a feeling of how genuine the instrument is.
Fascinating, knowing such an instrument dates so long ago, and still sounds great!
Sounds more like a harp than any piano I've ever heard. Such a Beautiful sound!
The sound of this piano sounds so sweet. I can't point out which type...but it sounds so much sweeter and merrier.
I've seen this piano a few times. The alarms are so sensitive that if you breathe too hard at it, they will sound and the curator will demand that you step back. Even walking too hard near it will get you reprimanded.
Imagine playing Liszt on that, goodbye piano.