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There's currently an "additional citations needed" tag covering the entire article. Meanwhile, there are numerous inline citations, a Bibliography section, and a Notes section indicating several additional reference sources. Some sections are better sourced than others, and there are a few inline citation needed tags.
The problem with sourcing this article in particular is the amount of technical and historical detail it contains. Depending on how rigorous the approach, some sections would be overrun by inline citations added to practically every sentence. Also, likely there would be a fair number of instances of citing the same source multiple times.
There is guidance in Wikipedia:Citing sources. Some possible solutions that can be used in combination:
(My particular concern is with the global "citations needed" tag, which we can hopefully remove. Tags that cover entire articles may diminish the apparent value of the article, and in this case, it seems pretty clear that, overall, the article is verifiable via inline citations and bibliography.)
Ideas? Suggestions? -- Tsavage ( talk) 04:02, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
UPDATE: Removed the umbrella "additional citations needed" tag from Jul 2013, per the above. The article has been significantly reorganized, citations and inline citations added, and the General references section clarfied. Considering the large number of individual details that could be individually cited, which would make the article difficult to read and many of the citations kind of redundant, the use of general references in addition to inline citations seems like a good idea. (Additional inline citation needed tags are probably still required.) -- Tsavage ( talk) 16:07, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Removed Encyclopedia Britannica from the References > General section as a less than reliable source, and let stand the statement: "Most of the information in this article can be found in the following published works:" Considering that the four remaining works are described by the original editor as, respectively:
it seems reasonable to assume that most of the information in the article can still be found in these remaining books listed under General references. -- Tsavage ( talk) 11:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
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Pronunciation is probably more clearly transcribed as /piˈænoʊ/; in accordance with the English Wiktionary entry. Netuser00 ( talk) 03:41, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
I am doing a research paper on this article and as I read through the article I've noticed that you don't add who invented each kind of piano, why there are so many different kinds and what they were used for, and i would've liked to see a separate section that lists several famous piano players and popular songs played with the piano. My question for you is what were each type of piano used for and by who? I'm curious to see the differences between each kind of piano and what kind of person would choose the type they played. Holly.hartley ( talk) 21:38, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
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Should be updated from C0–F8 to C0–B8 (including rare extensions), as a 108-key piano has now been built by Stuart & Sons. (Of course, the standard range remains A0–C8). Double sharp ( talk) 09:50, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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MR. John Vizilan is the one who created the piano 2600:1700:5700:3450:549B:EAE1:E92:9874 ( talk) 22:34, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Not looking to rework it without input, but does it strike anyone else that the lead of this article is a bit too long because it has multiple redundancies? It almost like somewhere along the way the lead was expanded so it more fully summarizes the article, but that expansion didn't really look to integrate better with the existing material. Or that someone wrote the pockets paragraph as a summary of the lead itself while the lead is summarizing the body. The part that jumps out the most to me is the multiple summations if the mechanisms, including describing the construction of the hammers and the role of the pedals. The lead is the summary, it doesn't need to be summarized further. I think it could stand to have some fresh eyes to make sure there's a little less redundancy in the writing. oknazevad ( talk) 15:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! In your depiction of the range of piano, there is an error on how the lowest note of the piano is written. The lowest A of the piano should be 6 ledger lines below the staff, not 5 as shown.
Thanks! 50.227.146.163 ( talk) 14:45, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Not done -- those extra notes (C0 and B8) are the extremes of the range of one piano manufacturer -- see note 39, and the "Keyboard" section -- this particular manufacturer makes a piano with 108 keys and a 9-octave range. Antandrus (talk) 14:54, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
I couldn't believe it! Not one mention of Jonas Chickering — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1003:B45B:4577:E974:12D8:9104:80E7 ( talk) 19:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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this piano Penpow3250 ( talk) 12:03, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Not done correct Name Dam222 🌋 ( talk) 12:33, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
The article says this: "The word piano is a shortened form of pianoforte, the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument," but pianoforte is the standard Italian term for a piano still today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OBrasilo ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
This article says nothing about the two clefs in which piano music is typically written (cf., e.g., the article about the Bassoon), nor about its typical arrangement on two staves. Should this be included in the article and, if so, where? Ishboyfay ( talk) 00:59, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
I have no idea how to interpret the complicated illustration titled "Playing range" with two notes at the bottom, two notes at the top, plus the cryptic notations "8 - - -" at the bottom and "15 - - -" at the top.
Furthermore, the linked article Playing range does nothing to clarify this illustration.
Would it be too much to ask for the playing range to also be described in simple English somewhere in the text of the article? Like maybe with its own section?
Saying something like "The range is from the X that is K octaves below middlle C, to the Y that is L octaves above middle C". Maybe also giving the frequencies of the extreme notes. 2601:200:C000:1A0:C489:7AF2:743B:FE25 ( talk) 10:13, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Almost every modern piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys for a total of 88 keys (seven octaves plus a minor third, from A0 to C8)I agree that the fact that there are two notes is confusing though. The graphic in the infobox should include a caption. intforce ( talk) 18:03, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
I have a upright piano that has marion on it. April 25 1899 and I can't find any information on it. Please help SugarTaz ( talk) 19:04, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
In the description we find "The name was created as a contrast to harpsichord, a musical instrument that does not allow variation in volume; compared to the harpsichord, the first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range."
A couple of issues: 1) "The name was created as a contrast to harpsichord..." doesn't make any sense. How could a name be "created" in contrast to an instrument? Do they mean, the name was created in contrast to the name "harpsichord"? But that doesn't make much more sense. How does the name "piano" or "pianoforte" or whatever show a contrast from the name "harpsichord"? 2) A more substantive question: how could "the first fortepianos in the 1700s" have a "smaller dynamic range" than the harpsichord, when the harpsichord "does not allow variation in volume," which is the same as saying the harpsichord "has practically no dynamic range"? So the text is saying that the fortepiano, which is marked by its capacity to have variable volume, i.e., non-zero dynamic range, had a smaller dynamic range than the harpsichord, which has basically zero dynamic range. 107.132.168.109 ( talk) 23:12, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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I need this hatnote for italic to be cancelled per WP:ITHAT, see like this:
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Hello, I noticed that the bowed clavier, with clavier being the Deutsch /German word for piano, was invented as early as 1575. I was wondering why if this should be listed in the history of the piano 2600:1014:B11F:19A7:4013:D159:6891:AE34 ( talk) 14:45, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Most sources state that Cristofori developed his piano between the years of 1698 and 1708, but neither of these two years are mentioned in the current version of this article. Shouldn't we add this information? 173.88.246.138 ( talk) 15:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
The upright Piano section needs to be updated with Clavicytherium. Source: /info/en/?search=Clavicytherium Srisri24 ( talk) 13:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
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The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when pressed on the keys.
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The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound by striking strings with hammers when keys are pressed. Maukiman ( talk) 23:38, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
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