最早的钢琴是意大利乐器制作家B·克里斯托弗利(Bartolommeo Cristofori1655—1730)于1709年在意大利佛罗伦萨发明制作的。这种钢琴起初只能用于单手弹奏。现存最早的钢琴,是由克里斯托弗利于1720年制作的。这架钢琴具有较完善的机械装置,并一直使用了将近一个世纪而没有特殊的改进,现陈列在美国纽约大都会艺术馆内。最早的风琴可溯源于公元前250年,系由古希腊的工程师克泰西比奥(Ktesibios)发明的一种水压式风琴。这种风琴有一组固定音调的音管、一个简陋的键盘和利用水的 The earliest piano was invented by Italian instrument maker Bartolommeo Cristofori (1655-1730) in Florence, Italy, in 1709. This piano was originally used for one-handed play. The earliest surviving piano was produced by Christopher in 1720. The piano, with its well-established mechanical installation, has been in use for nearly a century without any special improvements and is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. The earliest organ, traceable to 250 BC, was a hydraulic organ invented by the ancient Greek engineer Ktesibios. This organ has a fixed pitch tube, a rudimentary keyboard, and water