cottage piano

British  

noun

1. a small upright piano

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Example Sentences

She was now no more content with her little cottage piano, but had an instrument of quite another capacity on which to accompany the violin of the blacksmith.

From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George

But the crowning grievance of all was the cottage piano which John had sent to Lady Mary.

From Peter's Mother by De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs.

A cottage piano lurched forward drunkenly on three legs, with the keyboard ripped open, the treble notes on the ground, the bass incongruously in the air.

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John

But there were two or three pretty pictures on the walls, and a cottage piano, and in the bookcase were a few bright-coloured tempting volumes as well as the graver-looking school-books.

From The Rectory Children by Crane, Walter

There was a couch in one corner, a cottage piano in another, and a writing-table near the window.

From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)