单词 | piano-violin |
释义 | piano-violinn. rare (historical in later use). Any of various instruments combining elements of a piano and a violin; esp. a keyboard instrument on which a tone resembling that of a violin is produced by the friction of a revolving cylinder against strings. Cf. harmonichord n., sostenente n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy wind-broach1653 humstrum1739 tetrachordon1740 hurdy-gurdy1749 vielle1768 celestinette1774 claviole1813 harmonichord1835 piano-violin1859 organistrum1867 humpenscrumpa1916 1859 H. Howe Adventures & Achievements of Americans 608 Wood of Virginia, a money award of £50, for his Piano Violin, which attracted attention from its ingenuity. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 759/2 The Hurdy Gurdy was the prototype of the Piano Violin, and all similar sostenente instruments. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte ii. 94 A French invention with a pianoforte keyboard is the ‘Piano Quatuor’, a piano violin capable of rapid articulation, brought out by Baudet in Paris in 1865. 1995 Smithsonian Nov. 180 The piano-violin was an odd instrument, combining both keys and strings, patented by a particularly enthusiastic Shaker named Elisha D. Blakeman in 1871. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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