Pardio
inventor
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.
Public domain.