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Definition of Parlour grand
1. Noun. A small grand piano.
Generic synonyms: Grand, Grand Piano
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlour Grand
Literary usage of Parlour grand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Society by George Makepeace Towle (1870)
"The ladies are there, arrayed in all their glory; a " parlour grand" is yielding
a brisk galop of a Beethoven sonata in the corner; old gentlemen are ..."
2. The Dominion Annual Register and Review edited by Henry James Morgan (1880)
"... on concert, semi-concert or parlour grand pianofortes, fifty dollars each;
and in addition $50 thereto ten per cent, ad valorem & 10 p. ct. ..."
3. International Shipping & Shipbuilding Directory (1891)
"... square, whether round-cornered or not, not over nop-, used for the hair, mouth
or skin 30 pc, av Concert, semi-concert, or parlour grand ,, $50 & ao pc, ..."
4. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"parlour grand piano. Salonmusik or -stiick. Music for the drawing-room. sal'pinx.
Ancient Greek trumpet. saltando (sal-tan'-do), /. i. Proceeding by skips. ..."
5. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"Salon flügel, G. parlour grand piano. Salonmusik or -stück. Music for the
drawing-room. salpinx. Ancient Creek trumpet. saltando (säl-tän'-dö), /. i. ..."
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