| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788/00/00 | Marie Antoinette | Owner | About 100 musical instruments, including 17 piano-fortes, are inventoried at Chateau de Versailles. Queen's household spends 2,000 pounds for musical instruments. | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles | ||
| 1788/00/00 | Erard Brothers | Manufacture | Erard Brothers manufacture a pianoforte at Rue du Mail No 37 in Paris. The mahogany musical instruments cost 600 to 800 pounds. | ||||
| 1955/00/00 | A piano-forte is exhibited during the "Marie-Antoinette, Archidauchesse, Dauphine et Queen" exhibition at the Palace of Versailles. The instrument is currently in a private collection. | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles |
| Particulars for Marie Antoinette's Pianoforte: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Musical Instrument | ||
| Musical Instrument | Piano | a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed | |
| Musical Instrument | Pianoforte | earliest version of the modern piano, strings are struck instead of plucked | |
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