TRUMPETS

SIDE DRUM

FRENCH HORNS

TROMBONES

BASSOONS

CLARINETS

BASS DRUM

TUBA

OBOES

CONTRABASSOON

BASS CLARINET

PICCOLO

FLUTES

SECOND VIOLINS

VIOLAS

ENGLISH HORN

PIANO

HARP

FIRST VIOLINS

CELLOS

BASSES

• A concert grand piano spans between 7 – 10 feet .

• Piano ranges typically span seven octaves and a minor third . They have 88 keys : 52 white and 38 black .

• Pianos can have over 12,000 individual components .

Lid

Music Rack

Keyboard

Fall Board

Strings

HISTORY OF THE PIANO

Pre-1700 : Predecessors to the piano include the clavichord and harpsichord , popular throughout the 17th – 18th centuries . Upon depressing a key , the mechanism plucks the string with a plectrum , or quill , to produce sound .

1700 – 1790 : In 1700 , Bartolomeao Christofari of Padua , Italy , invented an instrument that struck , rather than plucked , the string , called a fortepiano for its ability to vary dynamics between forte ( loud ) and piano ( soft ). This was the direct predecessor to the modern piano .

Post-1790 : From 1790 – 1860 , changes to keyboard instruments advanced rapidly , giving rise to the modern piano .

Pedals

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