{"id":3343,"date":"2016-04-01T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianonotes.wpengine.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2017-12-27T15:49:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T21:49:55","slug":"10-facts-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianonotes.piano4u.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/10-facts-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts About Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may\u00a0spend a lot of time picking out scales and pouring our hearts into the piano, but how much do you know about the instrument itself? The piano is an incredible musical instrument, and these ten interesting facts about the piano may have you thinking about it in a new way!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 1:\u00a0There are 7500 working parts in the body of each piano.<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s an enormous number of little pieces that need to be working perfectly to get the sound that you need!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 2:\u00a0The piano is generally considered to be a member of the percussion family because it only makes noise when\u00a0a hammer hits a string.<\/h2>\n<p>Bet you didn\u2019t know that you could be considered a percussionist!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 3:\u00a0The name \u2018piano\u2019 is actually a nickname for the full Italian name of the instrument, which is \u2018pianoforte\u2019.<\/h2>\n<p>This longer name was given to the instrument based on its ability to play notes very quietly (piano) or very loudly (forte).<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 4:\u00a0The piano is actually a relatively new instrument!<\/h2>\n<p>The first piano constructed was made in\u00a01698 by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy. That might sound old, but other instruments such as the flute have been around for thousands of years \u2013 the piano is only 316 years old!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 5:\u00a0There are 230 strings required for a piano to make its full range of sound.<\/h2>\n<p>There is an incredible amount of pressure on these strings too \u2013 over 30 tons of pressure might be exerted on a concert grand!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 6:\u00a0The piano is known as the \u201cKing of the Instruments\u201d because its range goes from the lowest note that you can play on a double-bassoon to the highest note that you can play on a piccolo.<\/h2>\n<p>The single instrument covers a full orchestral range!<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 7:\u00a0There are 18 million non-professional piano players in the United States alone, and over 10 million pianos!<\/h2>\n<p>This is can be a huge benefit\u00a0when it comes to studying music at a higher level \u2013 no matter which instrument is your principal area of study, most programs will ask you to have a year of piano lessons under your belt as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 8:\u00a0A concert grand piano is 8\u2032 11\u2033 and weighs over 1400 pounds.<\/h2>\n<p>This is\u00a0why everyone looks so tiny when they are playing one! This size also helps the instrument to produce its incredible sound quality<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 9:\u00a0Even though piano keys are referred to as the \u201civories\u201d, they have not been made out of ivory since the 1940s to protect endangered resources.<\/h2>\n<p>Now they are made out of plastic instead.<\/p>\n<h2>Fact 10:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The best piano brand in the world is considered to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsingspiel.com\/learn\/2015\/1\/12\/about-steinway-pianos\">the Steinway piano<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>The Steinway family has been making pianos since 1853 and a Steinway Grand Piano can cost well over $100, 000.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this piano trivia has changed the way that you think about your piano \u2013 it isn\u2019t just a tool you use for practice, it is an intricate instrument that is capable of more than you may think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may\u00a0spend a lot of time picking out scales and pouring our hearts into the piano, but how much do you know about the instrument itself? 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