I am wondering what happened in the fortepiano's history that made the keyboard colors switch (why black keys on some ancient pianofortes are now white on modern pianos). Here is a picture of a baroque fortepiano with such a keyboard. [![Baroque pianoforte (taken from http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Piano-in-the-Baroque-Period)][1]][1] Did all pianofortes have this color pattern before? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/XIfEm.jpg