The Clue
Honky-tonk player (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PIANO
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Notes
The answer PIANO is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Set of keys
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Softly, in music
Softly, on scores
Softly, to Solti
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Jane Campion film, with "The"
Kind of roll or bar
Recreation center staple
Serkin played it
Tutor's subject, maybe
Upright or baby grand
Cristofori made the first one: 1709
Emil Gilels plays it
Gathering place at many a party
It provides a sounding board
It's in front of a benched player
Earl "Fatha" Hines plays it
Definition
PIANO as a noun:
1. (piano, pianoforte, forte-piano) = a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
2. (piano, pianissimo) = (music) low loudness
PIANO as an adjective:
1. (piano, soft) = used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition"
PIANO as an adverb:
1. (piano, softly) = used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly