Italian term for very soft.

The devices or connecting links, hammers, and related hardware between the keyboard and the strings of a piano; the piano hammers and their actuating devices.

See push-up piano player.

Perforated paper roll used to operate a piano player, player piano, expression piano, or reproducing piano.

A type of cylinder music box usually with two combs, a louder comb and a softer comb, providing expression to the music. * Synonym: forte-piano box.