keyboard_instrument (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *keyboard instrument*:
NOUN	artifact	keyboard instrument	a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard

English > *keyboard instrument*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard.
Narrower	accordion, squeeze box	A portable box-shaped free-reed instrument
	celesta	A musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
	clavichord	An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
	clavier, Klavier	A stringed instrument that has a keyboard
	organ, pipe organ	wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
	piano, pianoforte, forte-piano	A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
	synthesizer, synthesiser	(music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
Broader	musical instrument, instrument	Any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
Spanish	teclado
Catalan	instrument de teclat

HyperDic: keyboard_instrument