All clavier synonyms

noun clavier

• manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
• piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
• console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
• instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
• keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
• grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
• ivories — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
• player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
• pianoforte — a piano.
• clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
• pianola — (lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
• spinet — a small upright piano.
• concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
• player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
• upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).