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grand piano

noun

grand piano

See upright piano, concert grand, boudoir grand, baby grand
a form of piano in which the strings are arranged horizontally. Grand pianos exist in three sizes Compare baby grand boudoir grand concert grand upright piano

First recorded in 1790–1800

In the living room, a DJ booth has been erected and a baby-grand piano sits in the corner.

A splendid grand piano stands in one window (he receives a new one every year).

We had a large salle in the Hotel Bremen which was admirably proportioned, and a new grand piano from Berlin.

He took me to the house of a musical friend of his who was to lend me his grand piano, and there we tried our sonata.

From this room came the sounds of a grand piano and of the sweet voice of a girl singing a simple and pathetic ballad.

Among the conveniences of this hotel our friend had the pleasant surprise of finding a good grand piano.

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