piano maker
Builds keyboard instruments
A piano maker is a person or company that builds pianos.
The craft requires expertise in woodworking, metalwork, and acoustics—combining the frame, soundboard, strings, keys, and action mechanism into a functioning instrument.
Steinway has been a prestigious piano maker since the nineteenth century.
- SteinwayLegendary piano manufacturer
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- luthierStringed instrument craftsperson
- keyboardArray of input keys
hammer · woodworker · craftsman · cabinetmaker · master builder · organ builder · Yamaha · concert hall · resonance · string tension · shaper · tuner · strings · pedals · technician · artisan · joiner · temperaments
- woodworkerscabinetmaker, woodworker, carpenter, joiner, woodcarver
- Luthiersluthier, Stradivari, Martin, Taylor, Santa Cruz