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Bartolomeo Cristofori

instrument maker

1655 (Padua, Italy) – 1731 (Florence)

Scarlatti met Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, in Florence. There is some evidence that Scarlatti may have played on instruments made by Cristofori or one of his pupils, but nothing explicit.

  • Wikipedia's biography of Cristofori
  • Cristofori and the piano, from the Met

Bartolomeo Cristofori knew…

  • Domenico Scarlatti
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