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Piano
The piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's...
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Player piano
A player piano (also known as an autopiano) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls. The rise of...
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Toy piano
The toy piano, also known as the kinderklavier (child's keyboard), is a small piano like musical instrument. The present form of the toy piano was invented in Philadelphia by a 17-year-old German immigrant named Albert Schoenhut. He worked as a...
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Grand piano
A grand piano is the concert form of a piano. A grand piano has the frame and strings placed horizontally, with the strings extending away from the keyboard. Grand pianos are distinguished from upright piano, which have their strings and frame...
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Barrel piano
A barrel piano (also known as a "roller piano") is a forerunner of the modern player piano. Unlike the pneumatic player piano, the barrel piano was usually by turning a hand crank, though coin operated models powered by clockwork were used to...
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Square piano
The square piano is a piano that has horizontal strings arranged diagonally across the rectangular case above the hammers and with the keyboard set in the long side. It is variously attributed to Silbermann and Frederici and was improved by Petzold...
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Silent piano
A silent piano is an acoustic piano where there is an option to silence the strings by means of an interposing hammer bar. They are designed for private silent practice. In the silent mode, the key movement is picked up by sensors. In older models...
