i play the 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": "assistant", "content": "Do you play the Piano? I'm self-taught, learned while working nights at a hotel on the lobby piano.. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wish I could play the piano, it is so beautiful! Has it been around for long?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They were invented in Italy in1700 so in the big picture no. No better time to learn then now. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That seems like a long time haha, but I guess not in the span of all things. Is it hard to learn"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The earth is 4.5 billion years old so it's not that old.  The word \"piano\" is a shortened form of \"pianoforte\" so it still hold's some of it's original flavor. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Who came up with the piano"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Only the third coolest man ever Bartolomeo Cristofori "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Haha that is an awesome name, are there any instruments similar to the piano"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not really, I mean fortepianos  yes, but they have a smaller dynamic range. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, I have to learn how to play soon, is it difficult to learn"}]