0_Apprentice
Hi there. You play the piano?
1_Wizard
No, i dont, The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument 
0_Apprentice
I took a few piano lessons when I was little. Do you play an instrument?
1_Wizard
yes, but he word "piano" is a shortened form of "pianoforte
0_Apprentice
I didn't know that. When Bach was alive did he call it a pianoforte?
1_Wizard
yes, he did coz The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound
0_Apprentice
Do you know if any companies make fortepianos?
1_Wizard
i dont think, In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 
0_Apprentice
Oh I see. Which year did the modern piano appear?
1_Wizard
it hasnt been long like, Piano construction is by now a rather conservative area; most of the technological advances were made by about 1900