Meaning of PIANOFORTE
| Pronunciation: | | pee`anu'fowrtee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
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| | Synonyms: | | forte-piano, piano |
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| | See Also: | | clavier, fallboard, fingerboard, grand, grand piano, keyboard, loud pedal, mechanical piano, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, piano keyboard, Pianola, player piano, soft pedal, soundboard, sounding board, stringed instrument, sustaining pedal, upright, upright piano | |
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| | Definition: | |  Pianoforte
Novelist and musician Anthony Burgess writes the introduction to this lively history of the piano and its implications. more details ... |
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| | Related Terms: | | baby grand, cembalo, clarichord, clavicembalo, clavichord, clavicittern, clavicymbal, clavicytherium, clavier, concert grand, cottage piano, couched harp, dulcimer harpsichord, grand, grand piano, hammer dulcimer, harmonichord, harpsichord, Klavier, manichord, manichordon, melodion, melopiano, monochord, pair of virginals, parlor grand, pianette, pianino, piano, piano-violin, sostinente pianoforte, spinet, square piano, Steinway, upright, upright piano, violin piano, virginal |
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