1700--Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the “piano e forte”
1732--First published piano music, Ludovico Giustini
1739--First known upright piano built by Domenico del Mela in Italy
1771--Robert Stodart takes out a patent using the name "Grand" to describe his instrument
1773--First public piano performance in New York
1781--Mozart and Clementi 'duel' in Vienna
1803--Erard Brothers of Paris present Beethoven with a piano
1842--First patented design for player piano, Claude Seytre
1924--Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue premiered
1929--Great Depression seriously limits piano manufacture everywhere
1939-45--World War II effectively halts piano manufacture everywhere
Early 1950s--Wurlitzer released their first electric piano
1953--Liberace wins 2 Emmy Awards for network television programs
2000--Piano300 exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., celebrating the 300th anniversary of the piano\
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