Meaning of giraffe piano | Babel Free

Definitions

A piano that is built like a grand piano on its side with the small end at the top, often with a scroll at the top to suggest a giraffe's head;

Examples

“The giraffe piano was made during the first fifty years of the nineteenth century, and was named from its obvious resemblance to the well-known animal.”

“The upright pianoforte by Domenico del Mela in 1739 is the unique example at that time of the upright giraffe piano.”

“His known pieces include⟳ a pyramid piano in Vienna in the “Sammlung alter Musikinstrument", two grand pianos and this giraffe piano; they were all made in Bohemia.”

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