| piano lesson | a lesson in playing the piano |
| damper | a depressing restraint, rain put a damper on our picnic plans |
accelerator accelerator pedal
gas pedal
gas
throttle gun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve, he stepped on the gas |
accordion
piano accordion
squeeze box | a portable box-shaped freeeed instrument, the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
baby grand
baby grand piano
parlor grand
parlor grand piano
parlour grand
parlour grand piano | a small grand piano |
| brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder |
| clutch clutch pedal | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism, he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other |
concert grand
concert piano | a grand piano suitable for concert performances |
damper
muffler | a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations |
| damper | a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace |
damper block
piano damper | damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration |
grand piano
grand | a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame, usually supported by three legs |
mechanical piano
Pianola
player piano | a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys |
music stool
piano stool | a stool for piano players, usually adjustable in height |
pedal
treadle
foot pedal
foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
pedal pusher
toreador pants | snug trousers ending at the calves, worn by women and girls |
piano
pianoforte
forte-piano | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
piano keyboard
fingerboard clavier | a bank of keys on a musical instrument |
| piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
| soft pedal | a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound |
sustaining pedal
loud pedal | a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating |
upright
upright piano | a piano with a vertical sounding board |
piano
pianissimo | (music) low loudness |
vertebrate foot
pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
| piano music | the sound of music produced by a piano, he thought he heard piano music next door |
| piano music | sheet music to be played on a piano |
pedal point
pedal | a sustained bass note |
| piano sonata | a sonata for piano |
pianist
piano player | a person who plays the piano |
| piano maker | a person who makes pianos |
| piano teacher | someone who teaches students to play the piano |
tuner
piano tuner | someone who tunes pianos |
| soft-pedal | play down or obscure, His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder |
| pedal | operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument |
bicycle
cycle bike
pedal
wheel | ride a bicycle |
piano
soft | used chiefly as a direction or description in music, the piano passages in the composition |
| pedal | of or relating to the feet, the word for a pedal extremity is `foot' |
piano
softly | used as a direction in music, to be played relatively softly |