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A piano has 88 keys and over 12,000 individual parts.

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A standard modern piano has 88 keys (52 white + 36 black), usually around ~230 strings, plus thousands of moving components (levers, hammers, dampers). Those many parts are why regulation/tuning is such a specialized craft.

🤯 "A piano has 88 keys and 12,000 parts. Basically a mechanical miracle that still needs tuning."

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