Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jankó keyboard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: janko key-board
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Jankó keyboards (plural)

Questions

What does jankó keyboard mean?: 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.
Where does jankó keyboard come from?: Designed by Paul von Jankó, a Hungarian pianist and engineer, in 1882.

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