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keyboard instrument

noun as in player piano

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His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.

After getting out of bed, Staier goes to one of his keyboard instruments and sight-reads a piece or practices a tricky spot.

The instrument commonly called the "piano" by the way, was originally called a "pianoforte" because it could play dynamics, unlike earlier popular keyboard instruments like the harpsichord and spinet.

He decided he wanted to study all of the keyboard instruments: piano, organ, harpsichord, synthesizer … carillon.

The slight keyboard instrument painted green on the stage wasn’t imposing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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