i play piano.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. The word \"piano\" is a shortened form of \"pianoforte\", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from \"gravicembalo col piano e forte\" and \"fortepiano\". The Italian musical terms \"piano\" and \"forte\" indicate \"soft\" and \"loud\" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack. The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range. An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, which are strung under great tension on a heavy metal frame.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I enjoy playing the piano which is a very old instrument and very expensive. There are lots of famous songs that feature pianos of course."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I enjoy playing the piano too! Surprisingly, the piano is much younger than I thought. It was invented in 1700. I thought it was much much older!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I thought it was much older than that as well? I think about classical composers and feel like it should be at least a couple hundred years older than 1700."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Me too! The exact year is not known, but it was around that time. that just surprises me!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I found that the first piano was made by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698. They are complex machines though. It took us a long time to come up with the printing press as well."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's true. I know about Cristofori, he apparently started out as an apprentice to a violin maker. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Now violins are much older instruments. I would like to play the violin because of how expressive an instrument it is, but I think the piano is much more versatile."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree with you! Though I think I would want to play the cello, I have always been fond of it. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "My favorite composer is Myakovsky because of his cello and piano duets he composed. Also Regina Spektor had a celloist that died by drowning."}]