piano-playern.

Brit.

/pɪˈanəʊˌpleɪə/, U.S.

/piˈænoʊˌpleɪər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², player n.¹

Etymology: < piano n.² + player n.¹ With sense 2 compare slightly later player-piano n.

1. A person who plays the piano; a pianist.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > piano-player

pianoforte player1798

piano-player1808

pianist1820

pianofortist1841

piano man?1858

tickler1962

1808 T. E. Hook Music-mad i. 16 Come to my arms, thou delightful piano player!

1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 293/2 Mozart in his younger years was hardly less great as a violinist than a piano-player.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xii. 83 An engine wiper can get a job, but a piano player! Such people can't make good.

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin x. 64 The piano-player did a fancy cadenza.

1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 27 Oct. h1/1 Pressure on the wrist..hurts anyone who uses a keyboard, including piano players.

2. Originally: a device by means of which a piano may be played automatically. In later use also: a piano which plays automatically; = player-piano n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > player-piano > parts of

keyboard player1881

piano-player1898

metrostyle1903

1898 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 51 The Aeolian Company's new piano-player.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 10/1 The most rapid growth has been in mechanical piano-players and piano-playing attachments.

1920 E. Ferber Half Portions iv. 125 ‘If I could play I'd have done more...’ ‘Why don't you get one of those piano-players. What-you-call'ems?’

1986 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 41 100 He learnt to play a little piano by ear, though did not learn to read music and eventually acquired a mechanical piano-player.

1998 Observer (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Review section) 8 His own instrument, a Steck piano-player, obstructs the narrow hallway.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	piano-player
释义	piano-playern. Brit. /pɪˈanəʊˌpleɪə/, U.S. /piˈænoʊˌpleɪər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², player n.¹ Etymology: < piano n.² + player n.¹ With sense 2 compare slightly later player-piano n. 1. A person who plays the piano; a pianist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > piano-player pianoforte player1798 piano-player1808 pianist1820 pianofortist1841 piano man?1858 tickler1962 1808 T. E. Hook Music-mad i. 16 Come to my arms, thou delightful piano player! 1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 293/2 Mozart in his younger years was hardly less great as a violinist than a piano-player. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xii. 83 An engine wiper can get a job, but a piano player! Such people can't make good. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin x. 64 The piano-player did a fancy cadenza. 1991 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 27 Oct. h1/1 Pressure on the wrist..hurts anyone who uses a keyboard, including piano players. 2. Originally: a device by means of which a piano may be played automatically. In later use also: a piano which plays automatically; = player-piano n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > player-piano > parts of keyboard player1881 piano-player1898 metrostyle1903 1898 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 51 The Aeolian Company's new piano-player. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 10/1 The most rapid growth has been in mechanical piano-players and piano-playing attachments. 1920 E. Ferber Half Portions iv. 125 ‘If I could play I'd have done more...’ ‘Why don't you get one of those piano-players. What-you-call'ems?’ 1986 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 41 100 He learnt to play a little piano by ear, though did not learn to read music and eventually acquired a mechanical piano-player. 1998 Observer (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Review section) 8 His own instrument, a Steck piano-player, obstructs the narrow hallway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1808
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