| 单词 | cabinet pianoforte |
| 释义 | > as lemmascabinet pianoforte cabinet pianoforte n. a tall upright piano with unusually long strings; = cabinet piano n. ΚΠ 1807 Philos. Mag. 27 284 (list of patents) William Southwell, of the city of Dublin, musical-instrument-maker; for certain improvements upon a piano-forte, which is so constructed as to prevent the possibility of its being so frequently out of tune, as piano-fortes now generally are, which he denominates ‘A Cabinet Piano-Forte’. 1881 B. H. Becker Disturbed Ireland vi. 148 The best parlour, a room large enough, but blackened with smoke, and unutterably depressing, despite the cabinet pianoforte opposite the fireplace. 2020 Theatre Surv. 61 333 In the 1860s, with advancements in steam-powered ships, a cornucopia of..musical albums and rosewood cabinet pianofortes built especially for India flooded the city's markets. < as lemmas |
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