All grand piano synonyms
grand pi·an·o
G g noun grand piano
- 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.
- player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- clavier — any keyboard instrument
- 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.
- piano — a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- 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).