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Bartolomeo Cristofori
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Italian maker of musical instruments, employed by Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as Keeper of the Instruments, famous for inventing the piano around 1700.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco ... May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.
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The invention of the piano is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy, who was employed by Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, as the Keeper of the Instruments.
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