Organ vs. Piano

Organnoun

A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

Organnoun

(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

Organnoun

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

Organnoun

An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

Organnoun

A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi).

Organnoun

(slang) The penis.

Organverb

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

Organnoun

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

Organnoun

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

Organnoun

A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

Organnoun

A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. A newsletter distributed within an organization is often called its house organ.

Organnoun

A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; - formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ.

Organverb

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Organnoun

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

Organnoun

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function;

Organnoun

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

Organnoun

a periodical that is published by a special interest group;

Organnoun

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

Organnoun

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

Organnoun

a part of an organism which is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function

Organnoun

used euphemistically to refer to the penis

Organnoun

a region of the brain formerly held to be the seat of a particular faculty.

Organnoun

a large musical instrument having rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows (now usually electrically powered), and played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets linked to separate keyboards.

Organnoun

an electronic keyboard instrument that produces sounds similar to those of a pipe organ.

Organnoun

a department or organization that performs a specified function

Organnoun

a newspaper or periodical which promotes the views of a political party or movement

Pianonoun

(musical instruments) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

Pianoadjective

(music) Soft, quiet.

Pianoadjective

In extended use; quiet, subdued.

Pianoadverb

(music) Softly]], as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music).

Pianoadjective

Soft; - a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.

Pianonoun

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.

Pianonoun

a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

Pianonoun

(music) low loudness

Pianoadjective

used chiefly as a direction or description in music;

Pianoadverb

used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

Pianonoun

a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released and can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.

Pianonoun

a passage performed or marked to be performed softly.

Pianoadverb

(especially as a direction) soft or softly.

Pianoadjective

(especially as a direction) soft or softly.

Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.