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The piano is an amazing stringed instrument that uses percussion to create a full resonating sound italian harpsichord maker bartolomeo di francesco cristofori 1655 1731 invented the first piano around the year 1700. Origins of the piano the piano has the same mechanism as the dulcimer although the piano can be classified as a string instrument due to the fact that the sounds come from the vibration of strings it can also be classified as a percussion instrument because a hammer strikes those strings in this way it is similar to a dulcimer. The piano first known as the pianoforte evolved from the harpsichord around 1700 to 1720 by italian inventor bartolomeo cristofori harpsichord manufacturers wanted to make an instrument with a better dynamic response than the harpsichord. Later came the harpsichord which also used a set of strings stretched tight and tuned to different pitches it had a keyboard similar to a modern piano when you pressed down on a key this would push up on a rod inside the instrument the rod had a pin on it that would pluck a string