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Piano

A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are pressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys—with the exception of the Bosendörfer and Stuart & Sons pianos—and tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temperament. A musician who specializes in piano is called a…

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Developed
Early 18th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers)
Inventor
Bartolomeo Cristofori

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related to Bibliography · 109
Piano → Alfred, Arthur, Bernard, Between, Brian, Brookside Press, Buying, CA, California, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, CCOL9780521474702, Cole, Comprehensive History, Concert Grand Player Piano, Covina Publishing Company, Cristofori, Cyril, David, Davies
related to Further reading · 59
Piano → Archived, Arthur, August, Banowetz, Bloomington, Carhart, Catalonia, Chiantore, Christo, Connecticut, Dean, Dover Publications, Dutch, Early Piano, Elder, Forte, History, Indiana University Press, ISBN, James
related to External links · 23
Piano → Acoustics, Art History, ArtFive, Association, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Blind Piano Tuners, CollectionThe Pianofortes, DictionaryThe Frederick Historical Piano, Early Pianos Online, Encyclopædia Britannica, Gallery, Heilbrunn Timeline, History, Medallions, Music Pitches, Piano Forte, Piano Plates, Pianoforte, Polish Collections, The Metropolitan Museum
related to Performance styles · 21
Piano → Beethoven, Beethoven's, Clara, Contemporary, Even, Factory, Fanny, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Just, Many, Modern, Mozart, Robert Schumann, Romantic, Schubert, Starting
related to Variations in shape and design · 18
Piano → Alpheus Babcock, Christian Ernst Friderici, England, Europe, France, Germany, Gottfried Silbermann, Guillaume-Lebrecht Petzold, Johannes Zumpe, Some, Sons, Square, Steinway, The, Their, This, United States, Zumpe's
related to Hybrid instruments · 17
Piano → By, CD, Disklaviers, I/O, Internet, MIDI, Modern Disklaviers, On, Reproducing, Sensors, SMF, SMPTE, Some, Standard MIDI File, Such, The, Yamaha Disklavier
related to history · 16
Piano → Ancient Greek, BC, By, Centuries, During, Europe, In, Invented, Italian, Middle, Middle Ages, Middle East, Pipe, The, The English, Variations
related to Early fortepiano · 15
Piano → Although, As, Bach, Cristofori's, German, Gottfried Silbermann, Instrument, Italian, Johann Sebastian Bach, Most, One, Scipione Maffei, Silbermann, Silbermann's, This
related to Invention · 15
Piano → An, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Cristofori, Cristofori's, Ferdinando, Grand Prince, Instruments, It, Italy, Keeper, Medici, Padua, The, This, Tuscany
related to Construction and components · 14
Piano → According, Austrian, Bösendorfer, Conklin, European, Hardwood, Harold, Many, Pianos, Previously, Rather, The, Theodore Steinway, This

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pianos strings music instrument sound keyboard grand pedal used action use keys instruments upright century modern sustain also hammers made

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PianoDevelopedEarly 18th century1.00infobox
PianoHornbostel–Sachs classification314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers)1.00infobox
PianoInventorBartolomeo Cristofori1.00infobox
Pianois akeyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are pressed0.90text
Pianois ashortened form of the Italian pianoforte0.90text
Pianois aacoustic piano having an option to silence the strings by means of an interposing hammer bar0.90text
Pianois arare type of piano that has a pedal keyboard at the base0.90text
Pianois acrucial instrument in many Western musical genres0.90text
Pianois aessential tool in music education in elementary and secondary schools0.90text
the use of a cast iron frameinstance ofthe fortepiano underwent changes0.80text
which allowed much greater string tensionsinstance ofthe fortepiano underwent changes0.80text
the clavichordinstance ofthe mechanisms of keyboard instruments0.80text

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