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In the Romantic period piano became a popular tool for home improvisation. The growth in popularity has led to the emergence of a piano virtuoso pianists. Yet it must be noted that despite the drop in harpsichord’s popularity, it has not disappeared from the scene altogether. You can still hear its gentle sound in concerts. Composers continue to write music for this instrument, harpsichord produced in relatively large quantities.

The piano of Kristofori was very simple. The piano did not  a damper actuator, or pedals. The impact of the key forced a hammer to strike the strings, causing its vibration, not at all similar to the vibration of strings from the harpsichord or clavichord.

The most remarkable fact of the piano - the ability to resonate and dynamic range. The wooden hull and steel frame (invented later in the XIX century, frame of the piano Kristofori was wooden) allow the instrument to reach almost bell sound at the fort. Another difference of the piano from his predecessors - the ability to read not only quietly and loudly, but do crescendo and diminuendo, to change the momentum suddenly or gradually.