English > piano: 4 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds. |
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| Synonyms | pianoforte, forte-piano |
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| Parts | fallboard, fall-board | The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
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| keyboard | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
| piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier | A bank of keys on a musical instrument |
| soft pedal | A pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound |
| sounding board, soundboard | (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument |
| sustaining pedal, loud pedal | A pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating |
| Narrower | grand piano, grand | A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame |
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| mechanical piano, Pianola, player piano | A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys |
| upright, upright piano | A piano with a vertical sounding board |
| Broader | keyboard instrument | A musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard |
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| percussion instrument, percussive instrument | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
| stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
| Spanish | forte-piano, pianoforte, piano |
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| Catalan | pianoforte, piano |
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| Adjectives | pianistic | skilled at or adapted for the piano |
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| pianistic | of or relating to the piano |
| Nouns | pianist | a person who plays the piano |
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