piano maker
- noun
- /piˈænəʊ ˈmeɪkər/
Examples
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Once in America, they observed four other piano companies for four years, learning how American piano makers worked.
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Steinway & Sons are held to be the greatest piano makers in the world, and we at SBU are lucky enough to have one.
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After the beam has been assembled, six piano makers lift it by hand on a press that has been used by Steinway & Sons for more than a century.
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To build the 12,000 parts that make up a Model D grand piano, Steinway piano makers blend the aging art of handcrafting with twentieth-century manufacturing technology.
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In the small town, there are several skilled piano makers who craft beautiful instruments.
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Henry Steinway was a renowned piano maker known for his exceptional quality and craftsmanship.
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The local festival featured various exhibits, including a showcase from a famous piano maker displaying their latest designs.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is fully compositional: combining 'piano' (the instrument) with 'maker' (a person or company that produces something) straightforwardly denotes someone who makes pianos. This noun+noun compound follows a productive, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Piano maker is a simple phrase: piano, the musical instrument, and maker, the person who makes things. Imagine a workshop where someone builds and tunes a piano, so it means 'a person or company that makes pianos'.