This document is a student's passion project about pianos. It contains 9 sections that provide an overview of pianos, including their history, types, body parts, popular brands, how they make sound, use on stage, famous pianists, and popular sheet music. The sections describe upright and grand pianos, digital pianos, piano history dating back to the 18th century, brands like Yamaha and Kawai, body parts like strings and hammers, and famous pianists from Iran, Canada, and America. Popular sheets mentioned are from Iranian, Canadian, German, and other composers.

1. My passion project
Piano
Piano
By Rojin Kangarani
Grade 7
Division 2

3. Table of contents
Piano's over view...........................................................................1
Piano history.................................................................................2
Different types of piano................................................................3
Piano body parts...........................................................................7
Brands of piano............................................................................10
How does piano make sound.......................................................14
Piano on stage..............................................................................16
Popular pianists...........................................................................17
popular piano nots and sheets....................................................22
Bibliography ...............................................................................26

4. Piano's over
view
Body parts
How to play
On concerts
Types of piano
Brands
And.....

5. Piano's history
The very first piano was
invented by Bartolomeo
Cristofori in 1970s . There is
lots of change in piano's
history because old piano's
are so different than the new
ones.
Before people called them
piano they called them
pianoforte because piano
means soft and forte means
loud so piano was the first
instrument that you can
control the sound.
Old ones
New ones

6. Different types of piano
Upright pianos are one of the
most popular type of piano.
Upright pianos are made in
various heights; the shortest are
called spinets or consoles, and
these are generally considered to
have an inferior tone resulting
from the shortness of their
strings and their relatively small
soundboards. The larger upright
pianos were quite popular in the
later 19th and early 20th
centuries.
Upright piano

7. Different types of piano
Grand pianos are another
type of piano.
These pianos are different
because the door on the top
is open and you can acutely
see the hammers and the
string that it is inside the
piano.
These pianos are really
expensive.
Grand piano

8. Different types of piano
Square piano
There isn't a lot of
information about this type
of piano.
These pianos are special and
really expensive and there
isn't a lot of them in the
world and there is only a few
of them.

9. Different types of piano
Digital pianos are really
useful for small apartment
and houses.
They are useful because first
of all you can control the
volume and second they
don’t take a lot of space so
they fit easily.
These pines also have a good
price.
Digital piano

10. Piano's body parts

11. strings:Metal wires stretched between two fixed points; the hammers strike them,
causing them to vibrate and produce sound.
treble bridge :Piece of wood over which the strings in the treble range are stretched; it
transmits their vibrations to the soundboard.
keyboard :Series of piano keys (52 white and 36 black).
muffler pedal :In an upright piano, it lowers the muffler felt; in a grand piano, it
prolongs the notes (sostenuto pedal).
damper pedal :Pedal that increases the duration of string resonance by keeping the
dampers raised.
hitch pin :Piece attached to the metal frame; the lower end of the string attaches to it.
bass bridge :Piece of wood over which the bass strings are stretched; it transmits their
vibrations to the soundboard.
metal frame :Metal body that supports the tension of the strings.
soundboard :Flat surface that amplifies the string vibrations transmitted by the
bridges.

12. keybed :Part of the piano projecting from the case; it supports the keyboard.
soft pedal :In the upright piano, it brings the hammers closer to the strings to reduce their
impact; in a grand piano, it limits the hammer impact to a section of the string.
pedal rod :Piece of wood that connects the pedal to the mechanism.
hammer rail :Felt-covered piece where the hammer shank rests when it falls back.
muffler felt :Strip of felt that comes between the strings and the hammer heads when the
muffler pedal is pressed; it lowers the volume of sound.
tuning pin :Piece of wood or metal where the end of the string is attached; it adjusts string
tension to obtain the exact tone.
pressure bar :Metal bar under which the strings pass, marking the top of the section of
vibrating strings.
hammer :Piece of wood with a felt-covered end (head) that strikes one or more strings
causing them to vibrate.
case :Wooden box that encloses the inner workings of the piano and protects them.
key :White or black lever pressed by the fingers to trigger a mechanism that causes the
hammer to strike one or several strings.
pin block:Part in which the tuning pins are anchored.

13. Brands of
piano
Yamaha
Casio
Kawai

14. Yamaha
Yamaha organization is a
really good company with a
good quality. This brand is
really popular and is
Japanese.
Yamaha had started working
in 1887. This piano almost
sell to any where in the
world.
This piano is really popular
for upright pianos.

15. Kawai
Kawai is a really amazing
Japanese brand. This piano
have a really strong sound
and is really expensive.
This company had started
working in 1927.
This piano is popular for
grand and upright pianos.

16. Casio
Casio is a good brand and is
also Japanese.
This piano had started
working in 1947. This brand
mostly sold in Canada.
These piano is mostly
popular for digital pianos.

17. How does piano make sound?
Piano make sound when the strings hit by a hammer
so when they bum to each other so you can hear a
sound. The piano has round 80 to 90 keys and every
7 key sound different.
We have 7 note in music: C - D - E - F - G - A - B that
those notes come in a big keyboard in piano.
Piano has 3 pedals on the bottom, one of them make
sound longer and connect the notes together and the
other one make sound make sound low and the third
one doesn't really do something special.

18. The hammers
And the strings

19. Piano on stage
Piano is the main instrument
because piano is big and have a
loud sound and the way the
piano invented is different with
others so in the concerts piano
play the melody and the main
part and every one enjoy it
cause the sound is so sweet.
Piano is an instrument that is so
different than others and
usually piano plays the main
and melody part.

20. Popular
pianists
Iranian
Canadians
American
And......

21. Iranian Popular pianists
There were lots of popular pianists but I will tell about a few of
them.
Let me start from my own country, in my country Iran, one of the
most amazing and popular pianist is Anooshiravan Rohani. He
plays the piano with his eyes closed and I had chance to play for
him in my concert. One of his popular music sheets is the ruler of
the heart((‫.سلطان قلب ها‬

22. Iranian Popular pianists
Javad Maroufi was another
popular pianist in Iran.
Two of his amazing sheets are
Golden dreams and Mahoor,
which I had learn them before.
He had born in 1912 in Tehran
and died in 1993. He was a
really amazing pianist and no
one in Iran will forget him!

23. Canadian popular pianist
One of the famous Canadian pianists is Glen Gold. He was one of
the most popular pianist in the 20s century.
He had born in 1832 in Toronto, and he died in 1982 in Toronto.
One of his famous book is the Bach and it is really popular!

24. American popular pianist
Edward Aldwell was a famous
American pianist. He was also
a music theorist too!
He had born in 1838 in
Oregon, USA, but he died in
2006 in New York.
One of his famous book is the
harmony and voice leading.

25. Popular and
beautiful
piano music
sheets
Iranian
Canadian
American
And.....

26. Iranian famous music sheet
Mohoor is a very famous
Iranian and challenging song
by Javad maroufi.
This song is really nice and a
good thing I like about is that it
has 3 melody song, one for the
beginning, one for the middle
and one for the end.
This song is really challenging
because is 7 pages and another
thing is that this sheet used a
lot of music signs and.. I
learned this after 4 months!

27. Canadian famous music sheet
This song is a part of Bach, by
Glen Gold.
Bach is really famous and
almost every where in the
world teach this book to the
students.
Bach is a really thick book and
this sheet is only a part of it.

28. German famous music sheet
Fur Elise is a really really
amazing and famous song by
Beethoven.
Beethoven wrote this song for
his love Elise.
Elise was Beethoven’s fiancee
but on their wedding she said
no and ruined everything and
Beethoven heart was broken by
her.

29. Bibliography
http://www.wikipedia.org
www.rolandus.com/products/details/1158
www.music-lessons.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Upright-Piano.jpeg
http://www.steinway.com/pianos/boston/grand/gp-215-pe/
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/music/keyboard-instruments/upright-piano.php#treble-bridge3159
http://makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library/hey-kids-its-a-piano.htm
http://pianoparadisestudio.com
www.ducksters.com/musicforkids/how_the_piano_works.php
http://www.mcelhearn.com/on-instrument-positioning-in-live-recordings/
And...

30. The end
Hope you enjoy it!