History of the Piano

[alicejohnson14]

Informative history. I have to get some and research for my website to add in my blog.

Thanks for sharing!

[noimsayin]

that song go hard

[kdsbill]

thanks for you video i am from china and i am just study to learn piano

[lztlelouch]

@kdsbill where are you now?1

[GolfWMe]

the history of the piano is awesome!!!!!

[Dylax16874]

The song playing was really pretty.

[Vitruvium]

The Hydraulis was the first organ not the first keyboard instrument, it used holes not a keyboard to alter wind pressure by displacing water.

[getpianolessons]

I'm sorry to say you're mistaken. The Hydraulis *was* indeed operated by wooden keys. It utilized water and air pressure to produce sound. When the wooden keys were pressed, air would be squeezed through a wind-trunk leading up into a network of pipes. If you really want to know more about the Hydraulis, visit my website, and then click the "Piano History" tab.

[getpianolessons]

WOW! I just caught your response (5 months late). Sorry to correct you but the Hydraulis was *INDEED* the first keyboard instrument... it used a series of wooden keys (the A, B, C, D, E, F & G notes) to release the air pressure that flowed through its organ pipes. And guess what? When you pressed down on one of these wooden keys... it created SOUND* So the Hydraulis WAS the first organ AND the first keyboard instrument. Thank You!

[getpianolessons]

Sorry.... you are mistaken*

[wolfgang7445]

The Piano sucks, the Harpsichord and the Organ own the paino

[getpianolessons]

Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion. Some people are "guitar people", some people love the sax. But keep in mind, the organ and harpsichord *still* were NOT the first keyboard instruments. The undisputed original keyboard instrument was the Hydraulis.

[Twin88star]

@getpianolessons i love to play all instruments anyway, classical or popular or jazz, though sadly I only can play something with keyboard on it. they all have their own beauty, depends on how we cherish them :)

[Wishchrono]

The harpsichord has a distinct sound and is more fitting for some themes yes, but the piano is a more expressive instrument, mostly because you can adjust the volume of the tone depending on how hard you strike the keys

[iamme569]

What's a paino?

[getpianolessons]

Are you serious? Before there was ever any such thing as a "piano", or a harpsichord, clavichord, spinet, or a virginal... there was the undisputed ancient ancestor of all these keyboard instruments... the pipe organ. Developed by the Catholic Church during the middle ages, the pipe organ was the first chromatic keyboard instrument to utilize all twelve of the "black & white" piano keys we see today. But guess what? Even the pipe organ is *not* where piano history truly began...

[DesultoryDilettante]

What's an organ doing in the "history of the piano"?

[iamme569]

Who care's