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nstrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. -- Finger bowl or glass, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. -- Finger flower (Bot.), the foxglove. -- Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slend…

A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped.

than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.

In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper. Grove. Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting r…

The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.

or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.

An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings.

A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.

upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an impression on the mind.

e filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Pope.

A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

A small piano; a pianino.

A pianette, or small piano.

A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.

A small upright piano.

, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano. practise

l performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.

Always; throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft.