Piano (29669 bytes)
1: [[Image:Igpiano.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The piano]]
2: ...here is it? This isn't "the" piano, it's just "a" piano -- but which one? -->
4: ...or ''soft-loud'', referring to the ability of the piano to play notes at different volumes depending on h...
6: ...]] which remain in contact with the string. In a piano, the strings are struck by hammers which immediat...
8: ... were also pianists, and they frequently used the piano as a tool for composition.

The Piano (1767 bytes)
1: ...humb|150px|Cover to the 1998 DVD release of ''The Piano''.]]
2: '''''The Piano''''' is a [[1993]] [[film]] which tells the story...
4: ...ane Campion]], with an impressive score for the [[piano]] by [[Michael Nyman]].
12: [[Category:1993 films|Piano, The]]
13: [[Category:Palme d'Or winners|Piano, The]]

Digital piano (2010 bytes)
1: ...s (often including voices other than the standard pianoforte, and often emulating [[MIDI]] voices), which...
3: ...nd CD-quality samples from concert grand acoustic pianos.
5: ... earlier [[electric piano]]s such as the [[Rhodes piano]].
7: ...ave [[reverb]] features as well, which a standard piano cannot create on its own and exists as an effect ...
9: Well-known manufacturers of digital pianos include [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[Rola...

Electric piano (1840 bytes)
1: ... or 1970s, which was built to replace a (heavy) [[piano]] on stage.
3: Compare: [[Digital piano]]
6: **[[Fender]] '''[[Rhodes piano|Rhodes]]''' (Mark I, Mark II, Mark III)
7: ...[Cembalet]], [[Clavinet]], [[Pianet]], '''Electra Piano'''
8: **[[Wurlitzer]] '''Electric Piano 200A'''

Piano concerto (9332 bytes)
1: ...'''piano concerto''' is a [[concerto]] for solo [[piano]] and [[orchestra]].
3: ...nstrument. Concertos specifically written for the piano were first composed in the [[Classical music era]...
5: ...rgei Prokofiev]], [[Béla Bartók]] and others, and piano concertos are still written today.
7: ...r only the left hand of the pianist. Composers of piano concertos for the left hand include [[Maurice Rav...
9: [[Category:Piano concertos]]

Piano nobile (1728 bytes)
1: The '''Piano Nobile''' is the principal floor of a large [[hou...
3: ... This is especially true in [[Venice]] where the piano nobile of the many [[palazzo]] is especially obvi...
5: ...o nobile. Often in [[England]] and [[Italy]] the piano nobile is reached by an ornate outer staircase, w...
7: Most houses contained a secondary floor above the piano nobile which contained more intimate withdrawing ...

Piano Magic (1200 bytes)
1: '''Piano Magic''' is an indie group formed in [[1996]] by ...
13: *''The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic'', (Green UFOs, [[2003]])

Toy piano (3585 bytes)
1: ...b|Pooh Poppin' Piano -- a diatonic one octave toy piano]]
3: The '''toy piano''' is a [[musical instrument]], made as a child's...
5: ...]] and were typically uprights, although many toy pianos made today are models of grands. Prices range fr...
7: ...ar upright, two and one-half octave chromatic toy piano]]
9: ... This makes it sound more 'tinkly.' Some new toy pianos are electronic.

Piano blues (426 bytes)
1: ...and [[boogie woogie]] are the best known kinds of piano blues, though [[barrelhouse]], [[swing music|swin...

Piano trio (8651 bytes)
1: A '''piano trio''' is a group of [[piano]] and two other instruments, almost always a [[vi...
7: Traditionally, piano trios tend to be in the same overall form as a [[...
14: ...many variations on this form exist, and there are piano trios which bear no resemblance to this formal pl...
18: ...Mozart's]] trios are also rather dominated by the piano part.
20: ...ethoven's career, making it more feasible for the piano to play independently in an ensemble. The new id...

Piano Red (984 bytes)
1: '''Piano Red''' (born Willie Perryman, later recording as ...
3: ...od". The new career was short-lived, though, and Piano Red was never able to regain his former stature. ...
5: [[Category:1984 deaths|Piano Red]]

Piano Man (3765 bytes)
2: ...color="orange" style="color:black"; colspan="3"|''Piano Man''
5: [[Image:BillyJoelPianoMan.jpg|Album cover]]
36: |''Piano Man''<br />([[1973]])
39: ...ignature songs, and remains a concert standard. ''Piano Man'', Joel's second album and his first with [[C...
41: The single "Piano Man", a fictionalized retelling of Joel's days as...

Miracle Piano (1358 bytes)
1: [[Image:nesmiraclepiano.jpg|right]]
2: ...lue was as a tool to teach kids and to play the [[piano]]. It provided hundreds of lessons, and was adve...
4: The Miracle Piano did not ever generate sounds from the NES hardwar...
6: ... visit [http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/piano.html The Warp Zone].

Grand piano (436 bytes)
1: ...d. Grand pianos are distinguished from [[upright piano]]s, which have their strings and frame arranged v...
3: For further information on the grand piano, see [[piano]].

Piano quartet (816 bytes)
1: ...et''' is a [[musical ensemble]] consisting of a [[piano]] and three other instruments, or a piece written...
3: ...[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' ([[1940]]) for piano, violin, cello and clarinet.

Piano Concerto in F (808 bytes)
1: Among the [[piano concerto]]s in the [[key (music)|key]] of F are:
3: *The [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chcopin)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21]] by [[Fryderyk...
5: *The [[Piano Concerto No. 11 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413]] by [[Wolfgan...
6: *The [[Piano Concerto No. 19 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459]] by [[Wolfgan...
7: *The [[Piano Concerto (Reger)|Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114]], by [[Max Reger]]

Piano acoustics (4018 bytes)
1: ...explain a number of important properties of the [[piano]].
5: The strings of a piano vary in thickness, with bass strings thicker than...
7: ...ing that they would strike one another. Instead, piano makers take advantage of the fact that a thick st...
9: ==Inharmonicity and piano size==
11: ...ize; moreover, all else being equal, the sensible piano buyer tries to obtain the largest instrument comp...

Piano sextet (1940 bytes)
1: ...ively few such compositions exist. The best-known piano sextet is probably Chausson's ''Concert'', widely...
3: The following is an incomplete list of piano sextet composers and their works in this genre:
5: ...'Concert'' in D major, Op. 21, composed 1891, for piano, violin, and string quartet
7: ... originale'') in E-flat major, composed 1832, for piano, string quartet, and double bass
8: ...onnambula]]'' in A-flat major, composed 1832, for piano, string quartet, and double bass

Innovations in the piano (9624 bytes)
1: ...nnovations from recent times in the building of [[piano]]s.
5: ...are still experimenting with ways to build better pianos.
7: ...tion was, moreover, financed by a far more robust piano market than exists today.
9: ...rket of musical taste against formidable existing pianos.
11: ...ganized according to some innovative contemporary piano manufacturers and the inventions with which they ...

Player Piano (1109 bytes)
1: '''''Player Piano''''' is a [[novel]] by [[Kurt Vonnegut]], publish...
3: ...m the musical device called a [[player piano]], a piano that plays without human intervention, according ...

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