square piano

American  

noun

1. a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.

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square piano British  

noun

1. music an obsolete form of piano, horizontally strung and with an oblong frame

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square piano

The rooms were filled with art and rare antiques, including a 1790 square piano.

From Time Magazine Archive

Actors and actresses in long gowns, high collars and tails move about a realistic drawing room replete with chandelier and an old-fashioned square piano; in another room a dining table is set for 16 people.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the fireplace, so my mother tells me, I would stroll to the great, old-fashioned square piano in the corner, and, standing on tiptoe, would strum upon the keys.

From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine

Leads in the keys and the dampers of the square piano get loose and rattle.

From Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by Fischer, J. Cree (Jerry Cree)

The studio with the cross light and faded drapery, the worn couch and little square piano, was to be their living room.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette