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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The Imperial concert grand was still sitting between two large metal doors in an underground tunnel that connected the opera house to a theater.
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Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The stage will have more than ample room for the two Hamburg Steinway concert grand pianos the Grass Valley team procured with help from Wu Han, CMS’ co-artistic director, herself a concert pianist.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Across the room, a stranger was playing a nine-foot concert grand.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Now, after major renovations — including a concert grand piano signed by Elton John — the venue, now known as Skaggs Place Studio, is poised to capitalize on country music's commercial appeal and unprecedented popularity.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
Rodney Rock, the longtime director of the Jorgensen Center, notes that the its new Steinway Model D concert grand piano will be used in several concerts during the season.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
Hiromi and Feraud coyly dialogued in the same movement: Feraud strummed way up the neck of his electric bass, and Hiromi, ever witty, mimicked him by flicking the strings of her Yamaha concert grand.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
In any case, playing Bach on a concert grand is an inherently impure act; Bach knew of no such instrument.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The stage will have more than ample room for the two Hamburg Steinway concert grand pianos the Grass Valley team procured with help from Wu Han, CMS’ co-artistic director, herself a concert pianist.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Across the room, a stranger was playing a nine-foot concert grand.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Now, after major renovations — including a concert grand piano signed by Elton John — the venue, now known as Skaggs Place Studio, is poised to capitalize on country music's commercial appeal and unprecedented popularity.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
Rodney Rock, the longtime director of the Jorgensen Center, notes that the its new Steinway Model D concert grand piano will be used in several concerts during the season.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
Hiromi and Feraud coyly dialogued in the same movement: Feraud strummed way up the neck of his electric bass, and Hiromi, ever witty, mimicked him by flicking the strings of her Yamaha concert grand.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
In any case, playing Bach on a concert grand is an inherently impure act; Bach knew of no such instrument.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Concert grand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concert%20grand. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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