pianomania

Etymology

From piano + -mania.

Why this word is great

PIANOMANIA — [Noun] An excessive enthusiasm or obsession with pianos and piano music, whether in an individual or a collective. From piano (the resonant, hammered instrument) + -mania (frenzied devotion). Unlike "pianophile" (a lover of pianos, calm in their affection) or "musicophilia" (a broad embrace of all sound), pianomania is a singular, consuming fixation. It is the collector who fills a warehouse with untuned Steinways, the child who practices scales until their fingers bleed, the crowd that riots when a virtuoso’s encore ends too soon—a devotion so fierce it borders on the irrational, as if the piano were not just an instrument but a religion.

noun

  1. A great popularity of piano music in a population.“Pianomania had struck the nation - all classes, both sexes.”
  2. A strong interest in pianos and piano music (in an individual)“Students of that curious disease, pianomania, which fills St James's Hall with young ladies every afternoon during the season, and puts countless sums into the pockets of teaching virtuosos, will find such a treat in Bettina Walker's My Musical Experiences, just published by Bentley, as they have not enjoyed since Miss Fay's Music Study in Germany.”