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Meanings of pianoforte in English

Portuguese
piano
Catalan
piano
Spanish
piano
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A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.

piano
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Examples for "piano"
Examples for "piano"
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The piano will be a good way for me to remember him.
The Silent Sister
2
The chords of the piano blend with the words of the song:
Married
3
The tickets were a sovereign; the rest is for tuning the piano.
East Lynne
4
She boxed him in the corner between the piano and the wall.
What's Bred in the Bone
5
Somebody was singing in the drawing-room to the music of the piano.
The Christian: A Story
1
She must either have a forte-piano at home, or renounce learning it.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
2
She promised to give you now and then a lesson on the forte-piano; is she as good as her word?
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
Usage of pianoforte in English
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Like Handel, the boy studied the pianoforte by stealth in the attic.
A Second Book of Operas
2
You will herewith receive the pianoforte arrangement of the Symphony in A.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1
3
The past century has given us the golden age of the pianoforte.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
4
He composed for the sonorous pianoforte of the future,-thepianoforte building today.
Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
5
Another purpose which I had was to embarrass the local pianoforte masters.
Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
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The fourth, again, is equally novel and equally significant for the pianoforte.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
7
To his utter amazement Reyer was considered an enemy of the pianoforte.
Musical Memories
8
As a composer for the pianoforte he has done some excellent things.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
9
Rubinstein on Polish patriot and tone-poet who explored harmonic vastness of pianoforte.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
10
Friederike Muller, now for many years married to the Viennese pianoforte-maker J.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
11
B. must do the pianoforte arrangement, according to his promise to me.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
12
Was it written first for the pianoforte and orchestra, as Schumann suspects?
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
13
He did so, but very soon stopt again to say, the pianoforte!
Emma
14
His line is the actual manipulation of the pianoforte-thePaderewski touch.
The Sunny Side
15
The Hartels informed me that the pianoforte score was in print.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
16
This was also the advice of Hummel in his pianoforte school.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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Portuguese
piano
Catalan
piano
Spanish
piano
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