What music family is the piano?

Answer 1

It's percussion because the strings are hit with hammers. It can be classified as a percussion or string instrument.
The piano is in the percussion family because the sound is generated from little hammers and wires inside. When you press a piano key, the hammer hits the wire, producing sound. The action of the hammer hitting the wire is what classifies it as a percussion instrument, like when hit hit a mallet on a bell kit.

Answer 2

This question has been debated for many years already.

The piano is both considered as a percussion instrument and a string instrument.

As a string instrument, piano requires the strings to make sound and music.

As a percussion instrument, you need to hit the keys to create sound.

It is even enlisted as a percussion instrument in some popular website like Wikipedia.

Answer 3

The piano belongs to the family of strings. The piano also belongs to the Percussion family. Although its strings resonate the tone, the actual method of producing those tones is purely mechanical where a hammer strikes the strings, ergo a percussive effect is required to achieve the sound the piano makes.

Answer 4

The piano belongs to the strings and percussion families.

Answer 5

the answer is that the piano, is a family of the percussion family, and if you dont believe me... look it up

Answer 6

Although it is a stringed instrument, the strings are struck by felted 'hammers' when the keys are played, so it is part of the percussion section of an orchestra.

Answer 7

It is a percussion insrument because of the hammer's hitting the strings on the inside.

Answer 8

it actually has no family at all it is just a keyboard...

Answer 9

Percussion