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MUSIC

Keyboard UPRIGHT PIANO

instruments Muffler felt Pressure bar Tuning pin Pin block

Hammer
Hammer rail
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS are instruments
that are sounded by means of a keyboard.
Wooden
The organ and piano are two of the
88–note case
principal members of the keyboard keyboard
family. The organ consists of pipes that
are operated by one or more manuals Keybed
(keyboards) and a pedal board. The
Metal
pipes are lined up in rows (known as Soundboard
frame
ranks or registers) on top of a wind
String
chest. The sound of the organ is made
Hitch
when air is admitted into a pipe by pin
ORGAN pressing a key or pedal. The piano Treble
PIPE bridge
consists of wire strings stretched over
a metal frame, and a keyboard and pedals that Bass
bridge
operate hammers and dampers. The piano frame
is either vertical—as in the upright piano—or Una corda Sostenuto Damper
(soft) pedal pedal (sustaining) pedal
horizontal—as in the grand piano. When a key is
at rest, a damper lies against the string to stop it from
UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION
vibrating. When a key is pressed down, the damper
KEY AT REST
moves away from the string as the hammer strikes
it, causing the string to vibrate and sound a note. String Hammer
Damper lies
against string, Hammer rest
and stops it
ORGAN CONSOLE
from vibrating
Back check
Pipe
Damper
lever Action lever
Pedal
stop Music
stand Capstan screw
Jack Key released
Swell Choir
stop stop
Swell Great
manual stop
(keyboard) KEY PRESSED DOWN
String
Great Thumb Hammer strikes
manual piston string
(keyboard) Damper
moves away Hammer rest
from string,
Choir Back check
manual allowing it
(keyboard) to vibrate
Damper Action lever
lever
Toe Capstan screw Key pressed
piston Jack down
Swell pedal
Pedal board Foot pedal

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