piano-forte

See also: piano-forté and pianoforte

English

Noun

piano-forte (plural pianos-forte or piano-fortes)

1. Alternative form of pianoforte
   • 1865, Louis Spohr (unknown translator), Louis Spohr’s Autobiography, volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 216:

     Besides ourselves, Madame Dulcken, a distinguished artiste played also, with her daughter and pupil, a Rondeau by Steibelt for two piano-forti.

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