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A large keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes small hammers to strike strings to produce sounds. It is a synonym for Klavier.
Sie lernt seit fünf Jahren, Piano zu spielen.
She has been learning to play piano for five years.
'Piano' is an international word that comes from Italian. It is understood in many languages and is a common term for the instrument, especially in a musical context.
Das Konzert für Piano und Orchester war ausverkauft.
The concert for piano and orchestra was sold out.
The word 'Piano' (piano) is almost always combined with the verb 'spielen' (to play). The phrase 'Piano spielen' (to play piano) is a fixed collocation used to express that someone knows how to play this instrument or is currently playing it.
Mein Bruder kann sehr gut Piano spielen.
My brother can play piano very well.
If you want to say that someone is sitting at the instrument or playing a specific piece on it, you use the prepositions 'an' or 'auf' with the dative: 'am Piano sitzen' (to sit at the piano) or 'etwas auf dem Piano spielen' (to play something on the piano).
Der Pianist saß schon am Piano und wartete auf seinen Einsatz.
The pianist was already sitting at the piano and waiting for his cue.
