Difference between Pianoforte and Piano

Pianoforte

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A lesser used term for the piano (the musical instrument).

Piano

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Soft. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, {p.}, to indicate lowering the volume of the music. In the pianoforte this is done by pressing the instrument's keys more lightly.

Example sentence: Writing music is very, very clinical. You just sit down at a piano, map out a theme and when all the technicalities come together, out pours the music.