Piano
Keyboard instrument
Summary
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are pressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys—with the exception of the Bosendörfer and Stuart & Sons pianos—and tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temperament. A musician who specializes in piano is called a pianist.
Originally created by Cdani
3/15/2001, 11:20:05 PM
Modified
5/21/2026, 3:52:27 PM
Recent revisions
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/* Keyboard */ Paragraph arrangement
/* Keyboard */ Added Stuart & Sons 112 key piano
Reverting edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/おみかん太郎|おみかん太郎]] ([[User_talk:おみかん太郎|talk]]) to rev. 1349404060 by 4TheLuvOfFax: Vandalism (from [[WP:UCP|contribs]]) [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
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/* Performance styles */ avoid redirect
Phrasing.
formatting
subst {{tl|anchor}} per its docs
/* {{anchor|grand piano|concert grand piano|parlor grand piano|boudoir grand piano|baby grand piano}}Grand */ parallel construction
/* {{anchor|grand piano|concert grand piano|parlor grand piano|boudoir grand piano|baby grand piano}}Grand */ don't use dashes when "from" or "between" leads into the range
Added "with the exception of the Bosendörfer and Stuart & Sons pianos" after "88 black and white keys"
/* History */ remove duplicate links
/* top */ due to the redirect from pianoforte, fortepiano does need to be in the hatnote, and I had to remove something to keep it short /: At least the dynamic's in the dab?
/* top */ let's try moving the long hatnote into a dab?
/* History */ removed redundancy "from antiquity" because the period cited in the previous sentence is in antiquity
