pianoforte
Example Sentences
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By 1891, John had moved to Edinburgh and was living as a lodger with a widowed pianoforte maker, Richard Honeyman, 70, and his daughter, Helen, 45.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
I also include the pianoforte instrument in the arias, sometimes, for joyful moments — like the kisses of Zerlina, a little bit in the spirit of Mozart, what he would do.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
"I have played blindman's-buff and caught the corner of a particularly hard pianoforte with my forehead."
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2021
A pianoforte, mandolin and clarinet, as well as a mah-jongg game, seem to await players.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Her eyes were too heavy to read, she wouldn’t play the pianoforte for fear of another embarrassing encounter, and she most certainly wouldn’t amuse herself with fantasies of what the feast was like.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
