Do you enjoy the Piano. I' used to work midnight's at a hotel over 6 years I thought my self how to play on the lobby piano.
That's incredible! The pianos of the 1700s had a quieter sound and a lower dynamic range than modern ones
Interesting. I wonder why the sound was changed? 
Well, the word piano came from the word pianoforte, which is the Italian word for those instruments
So the piano came from Italy? 
Yes, it was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700
Wow, I thought it was older. It dose have the most soothing sound when played properly. 
Yes it does! The words piano and forte refer to soft and loud, respectively. So a pianist has control over how hard he hits to keys to produce variation in loudness
I would think the piano has to be the most popular classical instrument.
the stronger the attack. The name was created as a contrast to harpsichord, a musical instrument that does not allow variation in volume. The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range.
An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, which are strung under great tension on a heavy metal frame. Pressing one or more keys on the piano's keyboard causes a padded hammer (typically padded with firm felt) to strike the strings. The hammer rebounds from
Many classical music composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, composed for the fortepiano, a rather different instrument than the modern piano. The fortepiano was a quieter instrument with a narrower dynamic range and a smaller span of octaves. Even composers of the Romantic movement, like Liszt, Chopin, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Johannes Brahms, wrote for pianos substantially different from 2010-era modern pianos. Contemporary musicians may adjust their interpretation of historical compositions from the 1600s to the 1800s to account for sound quality differences between