Pianino

A piano is a keyboard stringed musical instrument, a type of piano in which the strings, soundboard and mechanical part are arranged vertically rather than horizontally, as a result of which the piano takes up much less space than a grand piano.

The first piano was invented by the American J. Hawkins in December 1800; independently of him, the piano was also designed by the Austrian M. Müller - a little later, in January 1801. But the piano acquired its modern form only in the middle of the 19th century (cast-iron frame, cross strings, mechanics with lower and upper dampers).