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Definition of Forte-piano
1. Noun. A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
Terms within: Fall-board, Fallboard, Keyboard, Piano Action, Clavier, Fingerboard, Piano Keyboard, Soft Pedal, Soundboard, Sounding Board, Loud Pedal, Sustaining Pedal
Specialized synonyms: Grand, Grand Piano, Mechanical Piano, Pianola, Player Piano, Upright, Upright Piano
Generic synonyms: Keyboard Instrument, Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument, Stringed Instrument
Derivative terms: Pianist, Pianistic, Pianistic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forte-piano
Literary usage of Forte-piano
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... piano, pianoforte, forte-piano. Pianoforte|fabrikant piano[forte]-maker.
-skole tutor for the pianoforte, p. tutor [school, primer], -stol music-stool. ..."
2. The Universal Magazine (1793)
"Letter if a Friend^ containing feme STRICTURES on the general Ufe of the FORTE
PIANO, ... to which the manner of touching the forte piano is ..."
3. Early Concert-life in America (1731-1800) by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1907)
"The Overture de Iphigenie, upon two forte piano, by Mr. Vogel and a young lady
... 6th A Duetto between a Forte Piano and harp, by Mr. Vogel and an amateur. ..."
4. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"After tea we had some agreable conversation & the young Ladies of the family
entertained us with vocal music as an accompanyment of the Forte Piano, ..."
5. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"After tea we had some agreable conversation & the young Ladies of the family
entertained us with vocal music as an accompanyment of the Forte Piano, ..."
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