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It is considered as a percussion instrument and a string instrument. This is because when a piano key is pressed, little hammers inside hit the strings which vibrates and those vibrations produce the sound.

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He was a composer, conductor, and pianist. Considering that Pianos are also percussion instruments, He played a percussion instrument.


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Pianos can be classified as either a stringed or percussion instrument... Quoth the wikipedia... "It is sometimes classified as both a percussion and a stringed instrument. According to the Hornbostel-Sachs method of music classification, it is grouped with Chordophones."


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