Crossword-Solution: PIANOFORTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pianoforte | a. | A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PIANOFORTE | anagram | FORTEPIANO |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PIANOFORTE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Harpsichord's kin | 1 answer |
| Levant's instrument. | 1 answer |
| Musical oxymoron | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PIANOFORTE (5)
She did not wish to speak of the pianoforte, she felt too much in the secret herself, to think the appearance of curiosity or interest fair, and therefore purposely kept at a distance; but by the others, the subject was almost immediately introduced, and she saw the blush of consciousness with which congratulations were received, the blush of guilt which accompanied the name of “my excellent friend Colonel Campbell.” Mrs.
Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor’s drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room.
Selecting from the canterbury some old family ditties, that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother, Elfride sat down to the pianoforte, and began, “’Twas on the evening of a winter’s day,” in a pretty contralto voice.
Toccatas: the Toccata was a form of musical composition for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the modern fantasia or capriccio; clavichord: “a keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte {now called a piano}.”--Webster.
But I sometimes got into scrapes by mixing up the Greek prince with a Polish count, and then confounding either one or both with a Hungarian pianoforte player.
Quotes with PIANOFORTE (2)
Charlotte Richmond says of herself: “I have few ladylike accomplishments. I cannot sing, I cannot draw, I cannot play the pianoforte or the harp and I cannot produce delicately beautiful embroideries. Sadly, the ability to do quantities of mending, to cook a good plain dinner and to shoot a marauding crocodile as I once did, is not appreciated in Polite Society.
The sign of a true woman isn't the ability to recite French poetry or play the pianoforte or cook Chateaubriand. The sign of a true woman is learning to listen to her own voice even when society does its best to drown it out.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1953–2005).