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Cristofori was hired by the Florentine court of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici ... and Steinway’s model has been the standard ever since. An 88-key piano has seven octaves plus three lower notes ...

No wonder, thus, when asked about his relationship with his instrument, the key master says with gratitude: “The piano is my life. Even when I sleep, I feel as if I’m playing the notes in my head.

Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is ...