Keyboard Instruments
Piano Composers and Musicians: An image gallery of piano masters, including famous composers and pianists for the piano. The piano has always been one of the most popular musical instruments in history.
Piano: A piano is played by pressing the keys with both hands. Nowadays, the standard piano has 88 keys, the 3 foot pedals too has specific functions.
Different Types of Pianos: The piano comes in several different sizes, designs, styles and shapes. Pianos have 2 basic categories: the horizontal and vertical pianos.
• Horizontal Pianos: Also known as grand piano.
» Petite Grand: This is the smallest of the group, and its size from 4 feet five inches to 4 feet ten inches, it's indeed small but still powerful.
» Baby Grand: Popular piano of the group, and its size from 4 feet eleven inches to 5 feet six inches.
» Medium Grand: Larger than the baby grand at five feet and seven inches.
» Parlor Grand: Also known living room grand piano and its size from 5 feet nine inches to 6 feet one inch.
» Semiconcert or Ballroom: Next size up from the Parlor Grand piano, it's approximately seven feet long.
» Concert Grand: This is the largest of all the grand pianos, and its size of nine feet.
• Vertical Pianos: They are called vertical pianos because of their height and the position of the strings, and they are excellent pianos for beginners.
» Spinet: The spinet is the smallest of the vertical pianos with its height of 36 to 38 inches, & an approximate width of 58 inches.
» Console: Console pianos are slightly shorter than the Studio piano and its height ranges from 40 to 43 inches & is approximately 58 inches wide. This type of piano comes in different finishes and styles.
» Studio: They are used in music studios & music schools. It's 45 to 48 inches in height and has a width of approximately 58 inches.
» Upright: This is the tallest of the vertical pianos, and its size from 50 to 60 inches and an approximate width of 58 inches.
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