called a pianist. There are two main types of piano: the grand piano and the upright piano. The grand piano offers better sound and more precise key control...
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The Piano is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion. It stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill...
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Piano is an independent film production and distribution company based in Mexico City, started in 2011 by Julio Chavezmontes and Sebastián Hofmann as...
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Piano Piano Kid (Turkish: Piano Piano Bacaksız) is a 1991 Turkish drama film directed by Tunç Başaran. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for...
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Piano Man refers to a male pianist. Piano Man may also refer to: Piano Man (Billy Joel album), a 1973 rock album by Billy Joel "Piano Man" (song), a 1973...
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Piano player may refer to: Pianist, who plays the piano Piano Player (album), 1998 album featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis...
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A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks...
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A player piano is a self-playing piano with a pneumatic or electromechanical mechanism that operates the piano action using perforated paper or metallic...
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Piano pedals are foot-operated levers at the base of a piano that change the instrument's sound in various ways. Modern pianos usually have three pedals...
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The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer...
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a partial list of piano manufacturers. Most piano professionals have access to detailed information about these brands using a piano atlas to reference...
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The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional...
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Nina Simone and Piano! is an album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone, with Simone accompanying herself on piano. Nina Simone -...
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A piano accordion is an accordion equipped with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ. Its acoustic mechanism is more that of an organ than...
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Look up Piano, piano, pianó, or píanó in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A piano is a keyboard music instrument. Piano may also refer to: Piano, Haute-Corse...
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The Giuoco Piano (pronounced [ˈdʒwɔːko ˈpjaːno]; Italian for 'Quiet Game') is a chess opening beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5...
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A piano quartet is a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments. Those other instruments...
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The Piano Lesson is a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle. Wilson began writing this...
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Renzo Piano OMRI (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou...
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Piano wire, or "music wire", is a specialized type of wire made for use in piano strings but also in other applications as springs. It is made from tempered...
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Piano Tiles (known on iOS as Piano Tiles – Don't Tap the White Tile and on Android as Don't Tap the White Tile) is a single-player mobile game originally...
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"A Piano in the House" is episode 87 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on February 16, 1962, on CBS....
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to the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, there are two kinds of piano duet: "[pieces of music] for two players at one instrument, and those in...
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A digital piano is a type of electronic keyboard instrument designed to serve primarily as an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, both in how...
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A piano roll is a music storage medium used to operate a player piano, piano player or reproducing piano. Piano rolls, like other music rolls, are continuous...
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The Piano Lesson is a 2024 American drama film directed by Malcolm Washington, who co-wrote the screenplay with Virgil Williams. It is an adaptation of...
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A piano concerto, a type of concerto, is a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for piano accompanied by an orchestra or other...
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An electronic piano is a keyboard instrument designed to simulate the timbre of a piano (and sometimes a harpsichord or an organ) using analog circuitry...
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Steinway & Sons (redirect from Steinway Grand Piano)
Steinway (/ˈstaɪnweɪ/ ), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later...
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An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal...
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