pyramid piano
pyramid piano noun: a piano that has its strings slanting upward from left to right in a case that is shaped like a tall isosceles triangle.
Noun
pyramid piano (plural pyramid pianos)
- A piano that has its strings slanting upward from left to right in a case that is shaped like a tall isosceles triangle.
- The return of the pyramid piano dates from 1804 from the workshops of Wachtl and Bleyer, in Vienna. .1968, Franz Josef Hirt, Stringed Keyboard Instruments, 1440-1880, page 146
- His known pieces include a pyramid piano in Vienna in the “Sammlung alter Musikinstrument", two grand pianos and this giraffe piano; they were all made in Bohemia.2001, Jiri Rak, Guido Lagomarsino, Biedermeier: Art and Culture in Central Europe, 1815-1848, page 178
Forms of pyramid piano
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Origin of pyramid piano
From the shape of the instrument, which is roughly triangular, like a projection of a pyramid.
Questions about pyramid piano
- What does pyramid piano mean?
- Pyramid piano means a piano that has its strings slanting upward from left to right in a case that is shaped like a tall isosceles triangle.
- What part of speech is pyramid piano?
- Pyramid piano is a noun.
- What is the plural of pyramid piano?
- The plural of pyramid piano is pyramid pianos.
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