fallboard
Piano keyboard lid
A fallboard is the hinged wooden cover that protects a piano's keys when not in use.
It swings up and back, or slides under the lid, to expose the keyboard for playing.
Also called a key cover or keyboard lid.
She lifted the fallboard and began to play.
piano
Removable container cover
- keysLock-operating instruments
- grandImposing or splendid
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- ivoriesPiano keys, informally
ebony · octaves · pedals · soundboard · hammers · strings · bench · practice
lid
Removable container cover
ivories · ebony · octaves · pedals · soundboard · hammers · strings · bench · practice · recital
lid
Removable container cover
- protectiveServing to guard
- dustFine settled particles
- closureSense of emotional resolution
shield · guard · barrier · concealment · screen · sheathing · casing · enclosure · overlay · surface
hinged
Connected by pivot joint
- pivotPoint of rotation
- swivelRotating connection point
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
flap · bracket · hardware · mechanism · movement · joint · axis · connector · linkage · bifold
- piano accessoriespiano bench, piano stool, metronome, piano cover, sustain pedal
- piano partsivories, dampers, white keys, hammers, black keys