Bartolomeo Cristofori

Bartolomeo Cristofori was a significant figure in the history of musical instruments. He was most renowned as a maker of keyboards and as the inventor of the piano. His name appeared on the list of apprentices in Nicolò Amati's household in Cremona in 1680. By 1709, he received an official appointment as musical instrument maker to Prince Ferdinando in Florence, and after the prince's death in 1713, ...Read More he was responsible for the inventory of his instrument collection, which was drawn up in 1716. This catalogue constituted an immensely important document. A double bass bearing his label dated 1715 is preserved in the Cherubini Museum in Florence, while several large-sized cellos of very fine and distinctive form are also known. These strongly recalled the style of Gabrielli, who may have been a pupil. The work exhibited very refined craftsmanship, with recognizably Cremonese proportions. Bartolommeo Cristofori / Firenze 1715 Bartholomaeus de Christofaris / Patavinus / faciebat Florentiae 1718. Read Less

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