Cristofori, or CRISTOFALI, BARTOLOMEO, harpsichord-maker, was born at Padua in 1655, and died at Florence in 1731. He is regarded as the inventor of the pianoforte.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 571
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