plural piano-violins
Definition of piano-violin
: a 19th-century keyboard instrument in which pressing a key causes a revolving cylinder to activate a string to produce a sustained tone resembling that of a bowed violin
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“Piano-violin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piano-violin. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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The first known use of piano-violin was in 1859
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