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100
The number of keys on a standard piano

What is 88

100

This Composer is widely considered the greatest pianist of all time and composed over 1400 works for piano

Who is Franz Liszt

100

This Chopin piece is known for its difficult arpeggios for the left hand

What is Op. 10, no 12 (Revolutionary)

100

The inventor of the piano

Who is Bartolomeo Cristofori

100

Price of a 9ft concert grand piano

What is $200000

200

The range of a piano

What is seven octaves(A0-C8)

200

This Composer is known as 'the poet of the piano'

Who is Frederic Chopin

200

This Liszt piece was featured in old cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and Woody Woodpecker

What is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

200

The year Liszt was born

When was 1811

200

Weight of a 9ft concert grand piano

What is 1000lb

300

Number of white keys on a piano

What is 52
300

This Composer never married but dedicated several pieces to noblewomen he could not marry because he was a commoner

Who is Beethoven

300

This work is Beethovens Hardest sonata for piano

What is Sonata no. 29, Op. 106(Hammerklaiver)

300

The year Rachmaninoff was born

When is 1873

300
Year Alkan was born

When is 1813

400

Number of black keys on piano

What is 36

400
This Composer had a hand span of 12 inches and could reach a comfortable 13th on the piano

Who is Rachmaninoff

400

Liszt Wrote The transcendental etudes in what year

When is 1825, 1837 and 1851(he wrote three versions of them)

400

The year Liszt died

1886

400

Number of Steinways made in a year

What is 2600

500

Universal length of each octave on a piano

6.5in

500

This Composer was a hermit and composed ridiculously difficult pieces just for the fun of it

Who is Charles Valentin Alkan

500

This piece along with Liszt's Reminiscenses de Don Juan damaged Alexander Scriabin's left hand. Scriabin wrote a memorial piece in memory of his damaged hand

What is Balakirev Original Fantasy Op. 18 (Islamey)

500

The year the piano was invented

When is circa 1700
500

Minimum hand span required to reach a 13th on a piano

What is 10.5in

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