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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 2000

Page

7

The Grand Instrument Happy Birthday piano exhibit

The exhibit PIANO 300 at Smithsonian International Gallery in Washington DC celebrates three centuries of pianos. It traces Cristofori's 1700 invention, the instrument’s rise among European and American elites, and the mid 1800s shift to a ladies’ parlor staple with music, manners, and social value.

Bartolomeo Cristofori Cristofori Europe Smithsonian International Gallery Washington, D.C

Pianos Through 300 Years A History and Showcase

The article traces piano evolution from early sewing table and giraffe designs to African American musical innovation post Civil War. It covers Liszt and Schumann, Elton John, and shifts from phonographs to player pianos, air corps pianos, and digital instruments. National Museum exhibit curators acknowledge Piano 300.

Harold Rhodes Bec Air Corps Leo Fender Patrick Rucker Cynthia Adams Hoover Edwin Good National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution

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