History of the piano as an industrial product - From wooden box to steel machine

Abstract

The piano, born at the end of the 18th century at the start of the Industrial Revolution, was improved as a kind of industrial product in the 19th century and took its present form. Pianos began to use more and more steel parts, and like automobiles, they were mass-produced to a uniform standard. In the latter half of the 20th century, small European piano workshops that used wooden parts were increasingly eliminated, and the Steinway-like steel piano model became the global standard.