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Pianos
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Scale
Musical equipment; Pianos
In a piano, the basic layout of the strings, bridge, and hammers relative to one another and to the overall size of the instrument.
Regulation
Musical equipment; Pianos
Process of making adjustments to the action to compensate for changes due to wear and environmental changes.
Repetition
Musical equipment; Pianos
A small assembly of wooden levers, springs, felt, buckskin cushions that is part of the grand piano action. There are 88 repetitions in an action.
Ribs
Musical equipment; Pianos
Wooden bracing glued to the soundboard to strengthen it and support the transmission of sound across the grain.
Rim
Musical equipment; Pianos
The curved, laminated wooden structural framework that supports the soundboard, iron frame, and keybed, etc., in a grand piano.
Sympathetic vibration
Musical equipment; Pianos
A natural phenomenon where a string will vibrate when a nearby sting is excited, even though it has not been struck itself.
Keybed
Musical equipment; Pianos
A wooden panel to which the keyboard and action are attached; it slides in and out of the piano for easy access.
