upright piano
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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
And the twisted strings of the upright piano she bought soon after she moved to California with the woman she idolized the most: her mother, Ruby.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
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
On the right-hand wall between the door and the brown chair stood a black upright piano with a dusty brown bench.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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