Action-All of the linkage between the key and the hammer striking the string. Traditionally made of hardwood, plastics are used […]

Una-corda. Meaning “one string,” this stop adjusts the position of the keyboard and action sideways, so that the hammer heads […]

Set-off button [escapement button, set-off screw]. A regulating button that controls the moment (the ‘set-off’) at which a jack or […]

Querflugel [Querpianoforte] (Ger.). A small horizontal piano, usually wing-shaped with the keyboard placed at an acute angle to the spine. […]

Piano a coda (It.). GRAND PIANOFORTE. Piano a prolongement (Fr.). A piano in which sustained sounds could be produced by […]

Minipiano. A very small upright with a ‘drop’action (with the mechanism placed below the level of the keyboard), first produced […]

In regulation. Regulation is a process in which a technician makes a dozen or so critical adjustment to each of […]

Gabel-Harmon-Pianoforte. A piano patented by Matthias Muller in 1827 in which one of the unison strings of each note is […]

Ear training. A term given to the aspects of beginning piano lessons that focus on teaching aural aspects of learning […]

Cabinet. The outside of the piano; the part you see when the piano is closed. Cabinet piano. A type of […]

Action. A collection of levers, primarily consisting if the hammers, dampers, and all other moving parts and supporting rails found […]