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Definition of Pianofortes
1. pianoforte [n] - See also: pianoforte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pianofortes
Literary usage of Pianofortes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the American Pianoforte: Its Technical Development, and the Trade by Daniel Spillane (1890)
"THE historic city of Boston has for many years been credited with being the first
place in which pianofortes were made on this continent. ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Among the chief manufactures (carried on mainly in the 'villages') are pianofortes,
paper, chemicals, oils, scientific instruments, spirits, beer, tobacco, ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"A centripetal flange. eth Hughes and William Thomas Den- rovements in pianofortes,
organs, sera- other like musical instruments, ..."