Piano Definition–noun, plural -an⋅os. | a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings. | |
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a keyboard musical instrument having wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard. The standard modern piano contains 88 keys and has a compass of seven full ...
Piano, Renzo
Italian architect best known for his high-tech public spaces, particularly his design (with Richard Rogers) for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.barrel piano
stringed musical instrument (chordophone) in which a simple pianoforte action is worked by a pinned barrel turned with a crank, rather than by a keyboard mechanism. It is associated primarily with ...
piano nobile
(Italian: "noble floor"), in architecture, main floor of a Renaissance building. In the typical palazzo, or palace, erected by an Italian prince of the Renaissance, the main reception rooms were in ...
upright piano
musical instrument in which the soundboard and plane of the strings run vertically, perpendicular to the keyboard, thus taking up less floor space than the normal grand piano. Upright pianos are made ...
square piano
musical instrument that was popular for domestic music-making from the time of its invention in the mid-18th century (possibly by the Saxon organ-builder Ernst Christian Friderici) to about 1860 in ...
player piano
a piano that mechanically plays music recorded by means, usually, of perforations on a paper roll or digital memory on a computer disc.Piano, Renzo
With construction under way in 2005 on office buildings, commercial spaces, museums, and residential complexes throughout the world, Italian architect Renzo Piano proved himself as one of the most ...
Smith, Huey ("Piano")
American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and vocalist, a principal figure in the 1950s rock and roll that became known as the New Orleans sound.lamellaphone
African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo tongues (lamellae) of varying length attached at one end to a soundboard that often has a box or calabash resonator. ...
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The Oregonian - Found 5 hours ago
... it's about connecting with the piano, again. I used to be a pianist, but I haven't practiced for years. Weeks go by and I don't touch the ...
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Longtime local piano teacher Bobbi Carbajal dies at age 56
Valencia County News-Bulletin - Found 6 hours ago
... bruffner@news-bulletin.com Longtime piano teacher and community member Roberta 'Bobbi' Carbajal passed away last Thursday after battling...
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Pianist's Sunday recital to memorialize Plano piano instructor
Dallas Morning News - Found Nov. 15, 2008
It says a lot about David Grice that one of the world's most prominent pianists volunteered to play a recital in the late Plano piano teacher's
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Piano concert a benefit
Music Review | 'Music in Exile': Piano Works by Those Who Escaped ...
New York Times - Found Nov. 11, 2008
Both these rarities can stand two hearings in close succession, and the Weinberg Piano Quintet (Op. 18) is a real find.
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Samick Musical Instrument Company Acquires German Piano Company ...
Digital Chosun - Found Nov. 8, 2008
Samick Musical Instrument Co., Ltd, has acquired Seiler, a leading German piano manufacturer.
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It's got two turntables and a cello, piano combo
Globe and Mail - Found Nov. 8, 2008
... piano' improv, plucking and strumming the strings with horsehair, to take us into Elliot Carter's 1948 Sonata for Cello and Piano. The piano...
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New Concerts of Macedonian Piano Virtuoso - Simon Trpceski in ...
Culture - Republic of Macedonia - Found Nov. 7, 2008
) - An exclusive concert serial of Macedonian piano virtuoso Simon Trpceski is continuing with his debut performances as the soloist of the Belgium
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Recital to feature piano music for four hands
Indian Idol 4 - Boys Put On The Worst Piano Round Ever
Curlio - Found Nov. 3, 2008
With a completely confusing schedule, Friday night on Indian Idol 4 brought with it the boys' second piano round performances.
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