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Pianos

Grey market pianos

Musical equipment; Pianos

Pianos originally made for and the sold in Japan, then later sold as used pianos in America.

Soustenuto pedal

Musical equipment; Pianos

The middle pedal that sustains only those notes being played at the moment the pedal is pressed.

Speaking length

Musical equipment; Pianos

The principal segment of a piano's string, whose vibration gives the instrument the greater part of its sound.

Harpsicord

Musical equipment; Pianos

A stringed keyboard instrument, forerunner of the piano, first described and still in use.

Hammershanks

Musical equipment; Pianos

The thin wooden levers on which the hammers are mounted.

Harp

Musical equipment; Pianos

An alternate name for the iron frame fastened to the piano's inner rim to which the strings are attached; it enables the strings to be held under tremendous tension.

Stencil piano

Musical equipment; Pianos

Piano bears the decal different from the company that actually manufactured the piano.

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