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upright piano

American  

noun

  1. a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically.


upright piano British  

noun

  1. a piano which has a rectangular vertical case Compare grand piano

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One of the exhibition's most striking exhibits is Winifred Atwell's battle-scarred upright piano.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

A soft-faced teenage boy with flaxen hair playing the upright piano while a small orbit of youth-group girls gathered nearby.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

A harpsichord, a theorbo and a viola da gamba sound alongside an upright piano and an electric organ.

From New York Times Jun. 29, 2023

Later, she reached even further into history for the lovesick “Tim McGraw,” her first single as a teenage country phenom, which she performed here on an upright piano painted with flowers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2023

The chairs, the mahogany bookcase, the old upright piano, all pulsed with an eerie light.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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