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for⋅te-pia⋅no
[fawr-tey-pee-ah-noh; It. fawr-te-pyah-naw] 
–adjective, adverb Music.
| loud and immediately soft. |
Origin:
1760–70
1760–70
for⋅te⋅piano
[fawr-tuh-pyah-noh] –noun
| a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period. |
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| for·te·pi·an·o (fôr'tā-pē-ān'ō, -ä'nō) n. pl. for·te·pi·an·os Any of various precursors to the modern piano. [Italian, variant of pianoforte; see pianoforte.] |
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