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Abdallah Chahine (Arabic: عبد الله شاهين; 1894–1975) was a Lebanese pianist and tuner-technician who devised an "Oriental piano" capable of playing quarter tones. Abdallah Chahine constructed his Oriental piano with the help of Austrian . Wadia Sabra had already had an oriental piano manufactured by Pleyel in Paris, in 1920. As worded by Thomas Burkhalter, Using an old straight piano, Chahine invented a prototype that had chords, a keyboard of six octaves, and an ingenious pedal devised to obtain quartertones. In 1962, Chahine recorded a vinyl record with typical Oriental music.

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  • عبد الله شاهين (1894 - 1975) موسيقي وعازف، لبناني، بدأ حياته الفنية بالعزف على الأورغن، ينسب إليه تصميم البيانو الشرقي. كما أنه مؤسس العلامة التجارية صوت الشرق Voix de L'orient Records. (ar)
  • Abdallah Chahine (Arabic: عبد الله شاهين; 1894–1975) was a Lebanese pianist and tuner-technician who devised an "Oriental piano" capable of playing quarter tones. Abdallah Chahine constructed his Oriental piano with the help of Austrian . Wadia Sabra had already had an oriental piano manufactured by Pleyel in Paris, in 1920. As worded by Thomas Burkhalter, Using an old straight piano, Chahine invented a prototype that had chords, a keyboard of six octaves, and an ingenious pedal devised to obtain quartertones. In 1962, Chahine recorded a vinyl record with typical Oriental music. Among the composers drawn to Chahine's microtonal instrument were Aloys Hába (1893–1973), Mohammed Abdel Wahab and (1922–). His family still owns a large music store in Beirut. His great-granddaughter Zeina Abirached has published a comicbook, Le piano oriental, about a character inspired by him. (en)
  • Abdallah Chahine (1894 - janvier 1975) est un pianiste et organiste libanais de musique classique orientale. (fr)
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  • June 2020 (en)
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  • عبد الله شاهين (1894 - 1975) موسيقي وعازف، لبناني، بدأ حياته الفنية بالعزف على الأورغن، ينسب إليه تصميم البيانو الشرقي. كما أنه مؤسس العلامة التجارية صوت الشرق Voix de L'orient Records. (ar)
  • Abdallah Chahine (1894 - janvier 1975) est un pianiste et organiste libanais de musique classique orientale. (fr)
  • Abdallah Chahine (Arabic: عبد الله شاهين; 1894–1975) was a Lebanese pianist and tuner-technician who devised an "Oriental piano" capable of playing quarter tones. Abdallah Chahine constructed his Oriental piano with the help of Austrian . Wadia Sabra had already had an oriental piano manufactured by Pleyel in Paris, in 1920. As worded by Thomas Burkhalter, Using an old straight piano, Chahine invented a prototype that had chords, a keyboard of six octaves, and an ingenious pedal devised to obtain quartertones. In 1962, Chahine recorded a vinyl record with typical Oriental music. (en)
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  • Abdallah Chahine (en)
  • عبد الله شاهين (ar)
  • Abdallah Chahine (fr)
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