Capstan: A threaded brass nut with polished top cap that is inserted into the top of the back end of the piano key. The whippen is raised via the piano key when depressed in order to begin the process of parts rotation and deliver the piano hammer to the string. Flange: a part which is fastened to and enables other major components to travel. Flanges found within the action such as the whippen flange or hammer flange allow those major components to travel in an arc.
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- Which antique instrument is not kin to the piano?
Lyre
Psaltery
Monochord
Harpsichord
- How many keys are found on an average piano?
66
88
99
50
- What are the black keys on a piano called?
Flats
Shorts
Sharps
All of the above
- After what century did the keys on a piano become arranged in the way they are?
14th
15th
16th
17th
- What are the white keys on a piano commonly made out of?
Bone
Shale
Ivory
Pearl
- What is the right pedal on a piano used for?
To soften the sound
To muffle the sound
To make the sound louder?
To sustain the sound
- What is the left pedal on a piano used for?
To soften the sound
To muffle the sound
To make the sound louder?
To sustain the sound
- What kind of pedal is used to sustain only the bass sound played immediately before the pedal is pressed?
Basso pedal
Sostenuto pedal
Practice pedal
There is no such pedal
- How many strings in an average piano?
100
200
230
250
- Which is not the name of a piano manufacturer?
Baldwin
Essex
Estonia
Young
- Which is not a piano part?
Whippen
Hammer
Stem
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