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concert grand
noun
: a grand piano of the largest size adapted in volume, timbre, and brilliance of tone to concert use
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There’s also a great room with 44-foot ceilings, a bespoke concert grand piano, and a chandelier that was originally designed to decorate the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1963.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
Younger will perform on Coltrane’s gold concert grand harp and be involved in the Year of Alice, a series of events and concerts raising engagement with her music and life running from 2024 -2025.
—Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
Empty, the thing weighs just 1,400 pounds, about the same as a concert grand piano.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
An Estonian singer performed with a concert grand piano that appeared to be haunted.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
For Friday’s opening concert, bigger was not necessarily better, but those present will not forget the spectacle of four concert grand pianos on stage at Baker-Baum Concert Hall, played by Garrick Ohlsson, Joyce Yang, Wynona Yinuo Wang and SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
On Friday at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Hell’s Kitchen, Voyager improvised on a concert grand Yamaha Disklavier, sharing the stage with Nicole Mitchell and members of Signal.
—New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
Matt Savage, himself autistic, played a wonderful jazz set on a stunning Steinway model D concert grand piano.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
The clubhouse features a concert grand piano, two baby grand pianos, and an upright performance piano.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Concert grand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concert%20grand. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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