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According to Wraight, it is not straightforward to determine what Cristofori's pianos sounded like, since the surviving instruments ( see above ) are either too decrepit to be played or have been extensively and irretrievably altered in later " restorations ".
However, in recent decades, a number of modern builders have made Cristofori replicas, and their collective experience, and particularly the recordings made on these instruments, has created an emerging view concerning the Cristofori piano sound.
At the crudest level, it could be said that the sound of the Cristofori replicas is as close to the harpsichord as it is to the piano ; this is to be expected given that their case construction and stringing are much closer to the harpsichord than to the piano.
The note onsets are not as sharply defined as in a harpsichord, and the response of the instrument to the player's varying touch is clearly noticeable.
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