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.