Pantalon was one of piano’s relatives and competitors.
Here is Michael Cole’s paper on the subject:
http://www.squarepianos.com/pantalon.html .
Here are the relevant pages of the English wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantalon ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantaleon_Hebenstreit .
The story suggests a resolution of the etymologies of
a couple of Polish words and one Russian word;
let me know if you are interested in this thread.
It is difficult to come by any recording of a pantalon;
please let me know if you have got hold of one.
Here is a recording of a relative:
https://archive.org/details/TelemannConcertoForMandolinHammeredDulcimerHarpBaroqueClassicalMusicHD .

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