How to Use grand piano in a Sentence

grand piano

noun
Definition of grand pianonext
  • The room also features a full walkaround bar and music niche designed for a grand piano.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
  • There is another large chamber (with a grand piano) for performing artists.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • In the middle of it all is a grand piano, because of course no murder mystery is complete without a showbiz tune or two.
    — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2019
  • There were pinball machines and grand pianos, Yamahas and Steinways, in every house.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • Players quickly realized this week that the grand piano was not just a prop but a fully functional instrument.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 1 Feb. 2019
  • Balancing the grand piano and the guitars held aloft in their stands were an orange velvet couch, a side table with a vase of white callas lilies, and an easy chair half covered in a throw.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018
  • On a recent afternoon, Maye and a dozen aspiring chanteuses were in a midtown rehearsal room, with a grand piano and a microphone.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The glittery gray Baldwin grand piano that Carole King once played during a visit to his office will stay.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 18 July 2019
  • Set to open in six to eight weeks, the space will feature an antique bar and an intimate dining space for 40 to 50 guests with a grand piano for entertainment.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2019
  • My mother loved folk music and my father loved classical music, so I was born into a home with a very busy record player, radio and a grand piano that my dad boomed and banged on late into the summer evenings.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019
  • The grand piano Chu-Moyer grew up playing tucks into a nearby niche, allowing a custom sectional large enough to hold the entire family to take center stage.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • All the bridges were burned, and all the grand pianos dropped from a great height.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Imagine putting a grand piano in the trunk of a Corvette.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The mouth was remade to allow the jaw to hinge all the way open, in the style of a grand piano.
    — Rebecca Giggs, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • At the end of the show, Richard was inside the grand piano, humping it. ...
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
  • To do that version with the grand piano, that was my idea.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2021
  • RuPaul's Drag Race didn't have a grand piano on the main stage….
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Gabriel laughs), the pair used their haul to pay off a loan on a Bösendorfer grand piano.
    — Malcolm Jack, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
  • There’s an Eames chair, a concert harp, and a grand piano.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022
  • That grand piano in the foyer, the cello in the entryway, the rows of bourbons in the bar?
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The video kicks off with Gomez sitting down at a grand piano, softly playing the keys to the song.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Each flight hauled about 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, which is about twice the weight of a grand piano.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Scroll down to watch Batiste play grand piano and sing on the Dolby Theatre stage.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2024
  • And then, as if the rockers weren’t enough, the second act: There was a grand piano on the other side of the concourse.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Add in being a parent, and the anvil turns into a grand piano.
    — Jessica Saggio | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Or have the most unexpected prop joke of the year (keep an eye out for a grand piano).
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Adding the grand piano to Camilla’s living room was no easy feat.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Others have all the class and finishing of a grand piano.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • The next morning on Thanksgiving, a grand piano was delivered.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The 24-foot-long dining room, large enough to comfortably include a tableside grand piano, features a one-of-a-kind black-and-white fireplace and a dozen Ionic colums lining the walls.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 May 2024

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