The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is among one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments. Pressing a key on the piano's keyboard causes a felt-covered hammer to strike steel strings. The hammers rebound, allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency. These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a sounding board that more efficiently couples the acoustic energy to the air. The sound would otherwise be no louder than that directly produced by the strings. When the key is released, a damper stops the string's vibration. See the article on Piano key frequencies for a picture of the piano keyboard and...

Awards in this discipline: Arthur Rubinstein Award  Van Cliburn International Piano Competition  
Works Written About This Topic: After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance  
Inventor: Bartolomeo Cristofori  
Family: Struck string instruments  Keyboard instrument  
Instrumentalists: Franz Liszt  Alexander Scriabin  Ludwig van Beethoven  Krystian Zimerman  Leonard Bernstein  Arcadi Volodos  Jean-Yves Thibaudet  Roberto Abbado  Lorenzo Ferrero  Claudio Abbado  
Variations: Barrel piano  Grand piano  Player piano  Silent piano  Square piano  Toy piano  
Guest Performances: Ian Anderson - This Was - Flute/Mouth organ/Claghorn/Lead vocalist; Bill Evans - Kind of Blue; Red Garland - 'Round About Midnight; Kenny Barron - Tiger in the Rain; Johnny Dyani - Witchdoctor's Son - Double bass/Vocals; T-Bone Burnett - The Bootleg Series, Volume 5: Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue - Electric guitar; Howard Wyeth - The Bootleg Series, Volume 5: Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue - Drum; Herbie Hancock - Hub-Tones - Keyboard instrument; McCoy Tyner - A Love Supreme; Bill Evans - The Blues and the Abstract Truth; 
Regular Performances: Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson; Lázaro Valdés - Bamboleo - 1995; Gorki; Luc Heyvaerts - Gorki; Kevin Marshall - The Marshalls; Morgane Imbeaud - Cocoon - Vocals/Keyboard instrument; Ariel Backenroth - Classical Revolution - 2006; Jon Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi - Harmonica/Guitar/Vocals - 1983; Jeff McCullough - Redding - Bass guitar/Vocals - Apr 2004; Arthur Gold - Gold and Fizdale; 
Track Performances: Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/backing vocals - Crucify; Tori Amos - Synthesizer/Lead vocalist/backing vocals - Girl; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/backing vocals - Silent All These Years; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/Electric piano/backing vocals - Precious Things; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist - Winter; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/backing vocals - Happy Phantom; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist - China; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/Synthesizer - Leather; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist - Mother; Tori Amos - Lead vocalist/backing vocals - Tear in Your Hand; 
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