piano, piano-forte, forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ?

[John Delmore]

I still can't get our organist/choirmaster to call his "harpsichord" by it's
technically correct name:  a virginal.  I'm sure not gonna try to change the
whole world!!:-)
JD
 
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Philippe Errembault
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:59 AM
To: Pianotech List
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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