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piano

[pee-an-oh, pyan-oh] / piˈæn oʊ, ˈpjæn oʊ /


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There is a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a piano prodigy in France during World War I. The final story concerns the marriage between a Dutch clockmaker and a theoretical physicist.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Instead, she just fits it in when she can between piano and violin lessons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

In the lyrics, the singer professes his love for a girl called Celeste over a melancholy piano line, saying: "I hear her voice each time I take a breath".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Indeed, her 1964 signature hit "Downtown", which sold millions and earned her a Grammy award, had no lyrics when she first heard composer Tony Hatch playing it on the piano.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

I gestured at the upright piano stationed off to the side of the screen.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

And it ends with Sabotage, where discordant pianos and jump-scare strings soundtrack her self-destruction.

From BBC May 2, 2026

An exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents more than 70 vivid images of American manufacturing, capturing the making of jet engines, pencils, pianos and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

One got in touch to invite Jimmy to see one of Sinatra's old pianos.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

I think people will be very bored with screen time in 20 years, so we will have moved back to fishing, reading books, gardening, playing real guitars and pianos, taking walks, and enjoying family cookouts.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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