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品名（中）	大钢琴
品名（英）	Grand Piano
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.1219a–c
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	Bartolomeo Cristofori【1655 至 1731】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1720
创作地区	意大利, 佛罗伦萨（Italy, Florence）
分类	齐瑟敲击钢琴（Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano）
尺寸	高 (Total): 34 1/16 (86.5 厘米) 宽 (Parallel to keyboard): 37 5/8 (95.6 厘米) Depth (Case length, perpendicular to keyboard): 90 英寸 (228.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	巴托洛梅奥·克里斯托福里是第一个成功制造出锤击式键盘乐器的人，因此，他被誉为钢琴的发明者。这个例子是克里斯托弗·里现存的三架钢琴中最古老的一架。大约1700年，他开始研究一种乐器，演奏者只需改变敲击键的力度就可以改变音量。到了1700年，他至少制造了一种成功的乐器，他称之为"gravicembalo col钢琴e forte"（柔和而响亮的大键琴）。他的乐器大体上仍然像一支大键琴，尽管它的琴壳更厚了，而且羽毛管机构已经被锤子机构取代。Cristofori的锤子机制设计精良，制造精良，在75年的时间里，再也没有其他类似的灵敏度和可靠性了。事实上，现代钢琴高度复杂的动作可以直接追溯到他的原始构想。
介绍（英）	Bartolomeo Cristofori was the first person to create a successful hammer-action keyboard instrument and, accordingly, deserves to be credited as the inventor of the piano. This example is the oldest of the three extant pianos by Cristofori. About 1700 he began to work on an instrument on which the player could achieve changes in loudness solely by changing the force with which the keys were struck. By 1700 he had made at least one successful instrument, which he called "gravicembalo col piano e forte" (harpsichord with soft and loud). His instrument still generally resembles a harpsichord, though its case is thicker and the quill mechanism has been replaced by a hammer mechanism. Cristofori's hammer mechanism is so well designed and made that no other of comparable sensitivity and reliability was devised for another seventy-five years. In fact, the highly complex action of the modern piano may be traced directly to his original conception.