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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.
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science · Italian maker of musical instruments (1655 – 1731) · musical instrument maker · piano maker · inventor · harpsichord maker · musician · also Bartolomeo Cristofori, Bartolommeo di Francesco Cristofori, Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco, Cristofori
Born 4 May 1655 · Died 27 January 1731 · Q301597
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The workmanship and inventiveness displayed by the instruments of Cristofori are of the highest order and his genius has probably never been surpassed by any other keyboard maker of the historical period ... I place Cristofori shoulder to shoulder with Antonio Stradivarius.
“The workmanship and inventiveness displayed by the instruments of Cristofori are of the highest order and his genius has probably never been surpassed by any other keyboard maker of the historical period ... I place Cristofori shoulder to shoulder with Antonio Stradivarius.”
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Died 1731-01-27.
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Born 1655-05-04.
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