- Branża: Musical Equipment
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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.
The wooden structure that holds the tuning pins in place. Also known as a wrestplank.
Industry:Musical equipment
The highness or lowness of a sound, corresponding to the frequency of vibrations.
Industry:Musical equipment
Refers to lumber milled axially against the grain; produces the most durable, strongest boards.
Industry:Musical equipment
Process of making adjustments to the action to compensate for changes due to wear and environmental changes.
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A small assembly of wooden levers, springs, felt, buckskin cushions that is part of the grand piano action. There are 88 repetitions in an action.
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Wooden bracing glued to the soundboard to strengthen it and support the transmission of sound across the grain.
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The curved, laminated wooden structural framework that supports the soundboard, iron frame, and keybed, etc., in a grand piano.
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The name for the least reflective buff finish available. This finish is found most commonly on the Steinway Crown Jewel pianos.
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In a piano, the basic layout of the strings, bridge, and hammers relative to one another and to the overall size of the instrument.
Industry:Musical equipment
The middle pedal that sustains only those notes being played at the moment the pedal is pressed.
Industry:Musical equipment
