3526051 Grand Piano, 1720 (cypress, boxwood, paint, leather, fir) by Italian School, (18th century); 86.5 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Bartolomeo Cristofori (Padua 1655??731 Florence) was the first person to create a successful hammer-action keyboard instrument and, accordingly, deserves to be credited as the inventor of the piano. This is the oldest of three extant pianos by him. ); Italian, out of copyright.