piano

Summary

piano is a type of musical instrument^[1]. piano ranks in the top 0.25% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,528 views/month, #1 of 399).^[2]

Key Facts

• piano is credited with the discovery of Bartolomeo Cristofori^[3].
• piano's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument^[4].
• piano is a type of struck string instrument^[5].
• piano is a type of keyboard instrument^[6].
• piano is a type of box zither^[7].
• piano's Commons category is recorded as Pianos^[8].
• 1720 marks the founding of piano^[9].
• piano's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1700^[10].
• piano's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Piano^[11].
• piano's Commons gallery is recorded as Piano^[12].
• piano's location of creation is recorded as Florence^[13].
• piano's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary^[14].
• piano's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• piano's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• piano's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[17].
• piano's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• piano's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'gravicembalo col piano e forte'}^[19].
• piano's used by is recorded as pianist^[20].
• piano's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-4-8^[21].
• piano's different from is recorded as piano^[22].
• piano's highest note is recorded as C8^[23].
• piano's lowest note is recorded as A^[24].
• piano's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[25].
• piano's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

piano's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument^[4]. Recorded subclass of include struck string instrument^[5], keyboard instrument^[6], and box zither^[7].

Origins

1720 marks the founding of piano^[9].

Use and Application

piano's used by is recorded as pianist^[20].

Why It Matters

piano ranks in the top 0.25% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,528 views/month, #1 of 399).^[2] piano has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] piano is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]