"Pianoforte" and "Fortepiano" were both used as early names for the
invention, soon shortened to "piano" for general use. "Fortepiano" has
come into use in recent decades to distinguish an early instrument or
reproduction. The name "piano" persisted from soon after invention to
present day, as I said, and can still describe all of the above.
RBH
. but was not the original invention named "pianoforte" which became
contracted to "piano?" "Fortepiano"
I am sure there are some real differences in piano construction
between the late 1700s and now, yet even Mr. Fenton allows the name
to persist.
Er, no. It is conventional to use the term "fortepiano," as they did
at the time, to refer to the instrument of Mozart's period and beyond.
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