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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Pardio

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Biography

Pardio, of Venice, tried around 1787 an approach similar to John Landreth's for producing an upright piano, with the same unsuccessful results, according to Spillane.

Highlights

  • A Venice-based maker who around 1787 attempted an upright piano conversion similar to John Landreth's, with the same unsuccessful results

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 33.

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