Vertical Piano Diagram
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MUSIC
MUSIC
RACK
SHELF
LID
FALLBOARD
UPPER PANEL
KEY
BLOCK
PINBLOCK
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STRINGS
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CHEEK
BLOCK
HAMMERS
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PLATE
KEY
TUNING PINS
ACTION
SLIP
SIDE
DAMPERS
LEG
KEYS
KEY FRAME
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LOWER
KEYBED
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PANEL
TOE BLOCK
CASTER
Interesting Vertical Piano Facts
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Vertical pianos get their name from the fact that the frame and
strings run up-and-down, or vertically. Vertical pianos may also be
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called upright pianos.
BRIDGE
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Vertical pianos are measured by their height from the floor to the
top of the piano. The shortest piano is called a spinet, then comes a
console, a studio, and then a full-size or professional upright.
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The first vertical pianos to be manufactured were arranged like a
PEDALS
grand piano set on its end.
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All vertical pianos have two pedals: a soft (una corda) pedal and a
sustaining (damper) pedal, but some also have a third pedal called a
practice pedal that mutes the sound volume by about fifty percent.
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Image source: “The Piano Book” by Larry Fine, RPT. Used with permission.
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