it means to play the note with the accent louder than the others.
sforzato-piano (Italian: strong accent, followed immediately by soft)
A console piano is one type of vertical piano. Console pianos range in height from 40 to 44 inches. This is about the middle of height range of vertical pianos. The spinet piano is the shortest and the professional piano is the tallest.
current price, vertical Piano, New England Piano Co. 1881
All upright type pianos are vertical pianos. All horizontal pianos are grands. The smallest vertical is called a spinet then, console, studio and upright. There is no such thing as an "upright grand." It is just a name placed onto a piano.
I believe the term "stand up piano" is another way of saying "upright piano". An upright piano has strings that are vertical (top to bottom) unlike the more popular grand piano which has strings that are horizontal (front to back). If you would like more info go to http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano
sforzato-piano (Italian: strong accent, followed immediately by soft)
A console piano is one type of vertical piano. Console pianos range in height from 40 to 44 inches. This is about the middle of height range of vertical pianos. The spinet piano is the shortest and the professional piano is the tallest.
An average length of a vertical grand piano is about 1,37m.
current price, vertical Piano, New England Piano Co. 1881
You can find accent sheet music for piano at music stores, online sheet music websites, or by searching for specific pieces that feature accents in their composition.
In piano dynamics, sfz indicates a sudden, strong accent while fp means a strong accent followed by a quick decrease in volume.
Zach Galifianakis
pp - pianissimo - very soft p - piano - soft mp - mezzo-piano - medium-soft mf - mezzo-forte - medium-loud f- forte - loud ff - fortissimo - very loud cresc. - crescendo - get louder decresc. - decrescendo - get softer sf - sforzando - sudden accent sfp - sforzando-piano - sudden accent and sudden piano
1929
All upright type pianos are vertical pianos. All horizontal pianos are grands. The smallest vertical is called a spinet then, console, studio and upright. There is no such thing as an "upright grand." It is just a name placed onto a piano.
A Mammoth piano is a hybrid 7' tall vertical grand piano that is built by the Mammoth Piano company. It has a full size concert string scale and a double escapement action, and weighs about 1500lbs. The piano is unique, custom built, and there is no other piano like it made today.
I assume you are asking this refering to commercially available pianos rather than a world record breaking piano. A concert Grand piano is the biggest piano Concert Grand Piano Grand Piano Baby Grand Piano Upright Piano