Jankó keyboard

noun

A kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every key lever, making six rows of keys. Each vertical column of three keys is a semitone away from the neighboring ones, which are in the alternate rows.

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Meanings

nounJankó keyboard (plural Jankó keyboards)

plural Jankó keyboards

  1. entertainmentA kind of piano keyboard that, instead of one long row of keys, has an array of keys consisting of two interleaved manuals with three touch-points for every key lever, making six rows of keys. Each vertical column of three keys is a semitone away from the neighboring ones, which are in the alternate rows.

Origin

Designed by Paul von Jankó, a Hungarian pianist and engineer, in 1882.

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