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1773
- Broadwood Company established, London
1774
John Joseph Merlin comes to England
in 1760 Introduced the "Una Corda Pedal" which moved the action to one side just
hitting two strings instead of three, making the piano quieter
1777
- Sebastien Erard
makes his first square piano, Paris
- Robert Stodart patents the English grand action,
London
1780s
- Haydn takes up the piano
1780
Anton Walter making pianos, including one
for Mozart, Vienna
1783
- Paris Conservatoire founded
- Broadwood introduced a sustaining
pedal, Broadwood is credited with the invention of the sustaining pedal. However,
there is a Backers Grand of 1772 in the Russell Museum, Edinburgh with 2 pedals.
It has 2 pedals 1 on each front leg pointing inwards. The right is a sustaining pedal,
the left a una corda. Americas Backers was probably the first to use the sustaining
pedal and the una corda,
1784
William Southwell makes a 5 1/2-octave square piano,
Dublin
1786
- John Geib patents the "grasshopper" square action, used for 70 years,
London
- Erard establishes piano manufacturing in London
1794
- John Broadwood makes
5 1/2-octave grand piano, London
- William Stodart patents a large upright piano,
a grand set on its head, London
- Matthäus Andreas Stein and Nanette Streicher, children
of Johann Andreas Stein, move to Vienna
- Ibach established, Schwelm
1795
- Johann Jakob
Konnicke makes a 6-octave, 6-keyboard piano, Vienna
- Beethoven: 3 Piano Trios, Op.
1 and 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 published
1796
Broadwood makes a 6-octave grand for the
Queen of Spain, London
1797
- First piano magazine, The Pianoforte, London