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noun

a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.

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Origin of grand piano

First recorded in 1790–1800

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She motions me in and reseats herself at a makeshift home office desk in her living room, sandwiched between a grand piano and set of enormous windows overlooking her front yard’s flower garden.
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Gary described the giant grand piano in the lobby of the hospital and how it almost looked like a hotel.
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Julia Nixon’s classically trained voice is as enchanting with a 120-piece orchestra, a jazz trio or singing on a stool unplugged in the crook of a grand piano.
D.C. singer turned Broadway star Julia Nixon dies at 66|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|October 5, 2021|Washington Blade
That’s why we ended up doing a slow country and western song, with him in a bath and me smoking downstairs playing an old grand piano.
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In a worldwide tour, they performed on acoustic grand pianos in programs that ranged from original compositions to tunes by George Gershwin and classical composer Bela Bartok.
Chick Corea, versatile pianist who made jazz eclectic and electric, dies at 79|Matt Schudel|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
In the living room, a DJ booth has been erected and a baby-grand piano sits in the corner.
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A splendid grand piano stands in one window (he receives a new one every year).
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
We had a large salle in the Hotel Bremen which was admirably proportioned, and a new grand piano from Berlin.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He took me to the house of a musical friend of his who was to lend me his grand piano, and there we tried our sonata.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
From this room came the sounds of a grand piano and of the sweet voice of a girl singing a simple and pathetic ballad.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado|Frank Aubrey
Among the conveniences of this hotel our friend had the pleasant surprise of finding a good grand piano.
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British Dictionary definitions for grand piano

grand piano

noun

a form of piano in which the strings are arranged horizontally. Grand pianos exist in three sizesCompare baby grand, boudoir grand, concert grand, upright piano

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