About Early Pianos

Modern pianos, let alone early pianos, can be somewhat of a mystery. Early pianos are at the heart of our collective musical heritage. And yet how much do we really know about them? How did the early piano become the modern piano? The great instrument of many a composer and writer, how did it come to be used by anyone from Beethoven to Freddie Mercury, Mozart to Einaudi? Here we will answer these questions about how the early piano carved its way into society and why we must protect those original instruments that set it on this path…