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This category is for sites with information and resources related to the musical instrument, the piano.

Distribution sites belong in the Business category.

Sites for walk-in stores belong in the appropriate subcategory for the store location in Regional.

Sites for online purchasing belong in the Shopping category, Shopping/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano

Sites that are not in English belong in the World category of the appropriate language.

The piano is a musical instrument with metal strings which are struck by hammers worked by levers (keys) from a keyboard, to create notes.

This category is for sites with information and resources related to the musical instrument, the piano.

Education

This category is for sites providing free information, lessons, or tools to learn or teach piano playing. Sites providing buying guides or product reviews may also be submitted to this category, but only if they are not precluded below.

The following types of sites should not be submitted to this category:

  1. Sites with information, lessons, or tools that require payment belong in Shopping/Music/Lessons_and_Instruction/Keyboard/Piano/.
  2. Shopping sites for which the primary focus is to allow the consumer to select and purchase goods or services also belong in Shopping/Music/Lessons_and_Instruction/Keyboard/Piano/. This applies even if the site also offers free information, lessons, or tools to draw consumers to the web site, or to provide support and education to users of the product. Advertisements or affiliate links alone do not characterize a shopping site or preclude listing sites with unique content.
  3. Buying guide and review sites for which the primary purpose is to sell the goods or services of the site owner, or of sites for which the site owner is an affiliate, belong in Shopping/Music/Lessons_and_Instruction/Keyboard/Piano/. Do not submit sites that: are not comprehensive; review only products available from that site or affiliate links; are mostly subjective; or lack factual quantitative information presented systematically to facilitate comparison of features.
  4. Sites with the primary purpose of distributing free downloadable software belong in Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/MIDI/Software/.
  5. Sites for piano teachers and studios, for "in-person" lessons, belong in the appropriate sub-category for their location in Regional.
  6. Sites that are not in English belong in the most similar World category of the appropriate language.
Generally, a site may be submitted to only one ODP category. However, the following types of sites may be submitted to this category and one or both of these categories:
  1. Sites suitable for this category and focused on a specific regional area, may be submitted to both this category and a category in Regional.
  2. Sites suitable for this category and aimed at people under 18 years of age, may be submitted to both this category and to Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/.

more information (editors only)

This category is for sites providing free information, lessons, or tools to learn or teach piano playing.

Manufacturers

Online stores featuring sales of pianos should be submitted to Shopping: Music: Instruments: Keyboard: Piano.
Sites of piano manufacturers.

Pianists

Sites are listed in the subcategories based on the pianist's last name. Please submit to the correct letter category.

Sites of pianists who only perform locally, such as for weddings and other events, should be submitted to their locality in Regional.

Websites of individual pianists.

Player Pianos

This category is for sites with information about Player pianos.

Sites providing online/at-home purchasing should be submitted to Shopping/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano.

Sites for walk-in stores belong in the appropriate subcategory for the store location in Regional.

A Player piano is an automated musical instrument that produces music by vacuum pressure using a punched paper roll. This category is for sites with information about Player pianos.

Tuning

This category is for sites with information about piano tuning. Sites selling information online about piano tuning should be submitted to Shopping/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano. Sites for piano tuners or information with a regional focus, should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category for location in Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Piano/Tuning/Regional.
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