Is the piano a percussion instrument?

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Piano is a string instrument although you may play melodic riffs and comps on it as accompaniment but it can't be considered as a percussion
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Piano can be considered both a percussion and string instrument! There are strings which are hit by hammers to produce sound. These strings are not plucked like in guitar or played by a bow like in violin. But there is no membrane which is hit to produce sound as in other percussion instruments like...
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Piano can be considered both a percussion and string instrument! There are strings which are hit by hammers to produce sound. These strings are not plucked like in guitar or played by a bow like in violin. But there is no membrane which is hit to produce sound as in other percussion instruments like Tabla. read less
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