What was the first keyboard instrument?

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The first known keyboard instrument was the hydraulis, a type of pipe organ invented in the late 3rd century BCE in Ancient Greece. This type of organ disappeared after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century CE and it would be nearly a thousand years before another appeared.
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The earliest known keyboard instrument was the Ancient Greek hydraulis, a type of pipe organ invented in the third century BC.
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