在第一批研究早期音乐所使用的古乐器的研究者中，彼得·斯格尤斯率先开始研究拨弦台钢琴的历史并逐一考证了当时各种创号的琴。整个拨弦占钢琴的历史至少可以追溯到15世纪。大约在1416年前后，在柏瑞公爵的《美好时光》里曾经有过对拨弦古钢琴的描述。稍晚一些，在英格兰曼彻 Among the first researchers to study the use of ancient musical instruments in early music, Peter Sjosius was the first to study the history of the pianos and to examine the various genres of the piano at the time. The entire pianos make up the piano, dating back at least to the 15th century. Around the year 1416, there was a description of the pianoforte in the Good Times of the Duke of Barre. A little later, in Manchester, England