Throughout the 19 th century, the vast Viennese production brought to Italy gives new life to the great Italian tradition, led by the very inventor of the piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori, a Medici court musician from Padua. Replicas of the models of great Viennese makers such as Graf, Schanz, Stein, Streicher, etc. are made nationwide – a production often of comparable quality to its Viennese inspiration. 

The beautiful instrument pictured here is likely to be of Sicilian manufacture – Eastern Sicily, in fact, carries a long piano-making tradition put forward by amazing organ makers. 

The latter, however, far too often haven’t claimed authorship of their work. 

A new, diverse, astonishing and mesmerizing soundscape of which we’ll soon offer audio records.