Vocabulary : Pianino to Piaster

Pianino : A pianette, or small piano.
Pianissimo : Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
Pianist : A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
Piano : Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.) ;; Alt. of Pianoforte
Pianoforte : A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.

Pianograph : A form of melodiograph applied to a piano.
Piapec : A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis).
Piarist : One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.
Piassava : A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.
Piaster : A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

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