- Settore: Musical Equipment
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- Company Profile:
Steinway & Sons, Inc. engages in designing and crafting pianos for concert artists, ensembles, and physicists worldwide. The company was founded in 1853 and is based in Long Island City, New York.
A metal armatue to which the individual action mechanisms that transmit the pressure on the keys to the strings are fastened.
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The internal mechanism of a piano, consisting of several thousand moving parts made of a wide variety of materials. action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed.
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The treaded steel shaft that keeps the strings at the proper tension. There are nearly 250 tuning pins in a piano depending on the piano.
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A felt cushion attached to a lever assembly that stops the vibration of the strings.
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A thinning of the edges of the soundboard so as to increase the potential for vibration where it attaches to the case.
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Electronic musical instruments that electronically reproduce authentic piano sounds.
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A varnish used to coat a wooden surface for an especially hard, glossy, durable finish.
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The process of bonding multiple layers of thin strips of wood (laminates) into one integral piece. Also, applicable to the use of veneer.
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The grand piano part that descends from the case of the piano and hold the pedals.
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The horizontal cabinet part that holds the printed music upright for pianist.
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