Decadent piano design (was : piano, piano-forte,forte-piano ...)

[Philippe Errembault]

Hello Bob, 

I have taken a look on this Cantos Museum website, and found the following sentence in the virtual gallery, in the desciption for "Sebastian Erard, Grand piano" : "The French were known for their decadent piano designs"... Does anyone have an idea why it is so ?

regards,

Philippe Errembault
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  Hello Philippe,

  According to the keepers of the Cantos museum, one of them Bill Garlick, the instrument  by Christoferi was originally given the name gravicembalo col piano e forte, Harpsichord with loud and soft, later called "Forte Piano". (Working examples of these early instruments can be seen and heard at Calgary's Cantos Music Foundation) Take a look.
  www.cantos.ca 
   Best,  Bob

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    From: Philippe Errembault 
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    Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 6:59 AM
    Subject: piano, piano-forte, forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ?


    Hello, 

    Just consulting the french wikipedia, I discovered that piano-forte is the original name of the instrument invented by Cristophori near 1700, and it was in a harpsichord like frame, while forte-piano was built around 60 years later by Friederici, on a square frame like a clavichord. This is not matching with what I find on the english wikipedia...

    What's your opinios about that ? what instrument should be called what ? Or do you think the names are just not the seme between both langagues ?


    Philippe Errembault
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