G10C PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS (automatic musical instruments G10F)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
G10C covers keyboard-operated stringed instruments where sound is produced through mechanical action on tensioned strings. This classification encompasses pianos (grand and upright), harpsichords, spinets, virginals, and related instruments featuring one or more keyboards with mechanisms that strike, pluck, or otherwise excite strings. The subclass includes innovations in action mechanisms, string arrangements, resonance design, damping systems, and structural elements specific to these instruments. Adjacent mechanical music instruments without keyboards (such as guitars or violins) are classified elsewhere in G10D.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS
CPC: PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS (automatic musical instruments G10F)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS
PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS (automatic musical instruments G10F)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
Child Classifications
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- G10C 1/00 General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G10C 5/00 Combinations with other musical instruments, e.g. with bells or xylophones IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G10C 9/00 Methods, tools or materials specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of musical instruments covered by this subclass IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC