Question

Which was invented first, the piano or the pipe organ?
(1 point)
Responses

The piano was invented first.
The piano was invented first.

The pipe organ was invented first.
The pipe organ was invented first.

They were invented around the same time.
They were invented around the same time.

Nobody knows which was invented first.

Answer 1

The pipe organ was invented first. (Early organs — e.g., the ancient Greek hydraulis — date back to the 3rd century BCE; the piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700.)