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Jankó keyboard

Jankó keyboard noun: a kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every key lever, making six rows of keys. Each vertical column of three keys is a semitone away from the neighboring ones, which are in the alternate rows.

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Noun

Jankó keyboard (plural Jankó keyboards)

  1. A kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every key lever, making six rows of keys. Each vertical column of three keys is a semitone away from the neighboring ones, which are in the alternate rows.

Forms of Jankó keyboard

pluralJankó keyboards

Origin of Jankó keyboard

Designed by Paul von Jankó, a Hungarian pianist and engineer, in 1882.

Questions about Jankó keyboard

What does Jankó keyboard mean?
Jankó keyboard means a kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every key lever, making six rows of keys. Each vertical column of three keys is a semitone away from the neighboring ones, which are in the alternate rows.
What part of speech is Jankó keyboard?
Jankó keyboard is a noun.
What is the plural of Jankó keyboard?
The plural of Jankó keyboard is Jankó keyboards.

Words near Jankó keyboard in the dictionary

  1. Jankowicz
  2. Jankowski
  3. Jankowskis
  4. Jankoy
  5. janky
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  8. Janmashtami
  9. jann
  10. Janna
  11. Jannah

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