PIANO ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does piano action mean? 

• PIANO ACTION (noun)
  The noun PIANO ACTION has 1 sense:

1. action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed

  Familiarity information: PIANO ACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIANO ACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("piano action" is a kind of...):

action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)

Meronyms (parts of "piano action"):

damper block; piano damper (damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration)

hammer (a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate)

Holonyms ("piano action" is a part of...):

forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)