Piano Info & Resources

How A Piano Works - An introduction to the vertical piano action.

How Does A Piano Work? - Identify the parts of a piano and see how they all work together.

What's the Difference? - Learn about the unique characteristics of an acoustic piano and how the different parts of a piano allow you to “express” yourself.

Acoustic Pianos Fact Sheet - Compare the advantages and disadvantages of acoustic and digital pianos.

Preparing for a Performance - Use the book "Henry the Steinway and the Piano Recital" along with other tips to help your students get ready for a piano recital. Elementary age level.

Basic Rules of Piano Care - Learn how to care for your piano.

PLC Treasure Hunt - Explore the student area of the Piano Learning Center by finding the answers to questions on how a piano works, history, care and more.

Piano Care Information

Find a Registered Piano Technician

Learn How To Become a Piano Technician

Music Advocacy - Find out about the benefits of learning to play the piano.

Find a Certified Music Teacher

Piano Activity Place Mat

Coloring Pages

Piano Parts Word Search

Test Your Piano IQ Worksheet

Piano Science

Keyboard Puzzles

Piano Sounds

Preparing for a Performance 

The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori

The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori - Learn about the history of pianos by reading about the creator of the first modern piano.

Pianos Through the Ages - Learn about the history of pianos by completing a word search puzzle.

Piano History Fact Sheet - See how the piano has changed over the last 300 years.

Name the Piano Parts - Learn the different parts of the inside and outside of grand and vertical pianos.

Piano Parts Word Search

Test Your Piano IQ Worksheet

What's It Called - Match the parts of a piano to the correct descriptions.

Pianos Through the Ages - Learn about the history of pianos by completing a word search puzzle.

How Does A Piano Work? - Identify the parts of a piano and see how they all work together.

Piano Activity Place Mat - Print out your own on 8-1/2" x 14" (legal size) activity mat.

Music Staff Paper - NEW! - 8 stave, 8 1/2" x 11". Download and print PDF.

A Series the Piano Technicians Academy Has Created for Teachers & Students

How an upright piano works

How the grand piano works

What do the pedals on my piano do?

How many strings on a piano?

Parts of a grand piano cabinet

What is a piano soundboard? 

What is the plate of a piano?

How A Piano Works - An introduction to the vertical piano action.

How Piano Actions Work - A link to a video clip of a demonstration by Clarence Zeches, RPT.

Grand Action in Motion - See a YouTube video of a grand action moving in real-time and slow motion.

How an Upright Piano Action Works - 3D animation of an upright action mechanism. Also includes a schematic of all the parts making up the action.

Tuning Forks - Learn how a tuning fork is used to tune a piano.

Introduction to Tuning Forks - From the National Museum of American History.

Steinway Factory Tour - A YouTube video of a tour of the New York Steinway factory narrated by John Steinway.

Yamaha Factory Tours - A series of four YouTube videos describing the process of pianomaking at Yamaha from start to performance.

Petrof Factory Tour - A 360 degree panoramic tour that allows you to walk through the Petrof factory and explore images and video clips to see how pianos are manufactured.

Hailun Factory Tour - A 360 degree panoramic tour that allows you to walk through the Hailun factory and explore images and video clips to see how pianos are manufactured.

Tuning Forks - Learn how a tuning fork is used to tune a piano.

Piano Science - Connect music and science with experiments and activities that help you explore the concept of sound waves and how the different parts of a piano work together to create the sounds we call music.

Piano Sounds - A lesson that explores how the different parts of the piano work together to make sounds.

Explore Sound - These Interesting activities from tExploresound.org will help you learn more about sound. Apply what you learn to how the parts of a piano work togther to create sound.

Tuning Fork Acoustics - From the National Museum of American History.

Origami Piano

Grand Piano Art

Name the Piano Parts

Piano Parts Word Search

Test Your Piano IQ Worksheet

Piano Science

Pianos Through the Ages

Piano Baseball

Play It, Don't Say It Card Game

Tuning Forks

What's It Called

Follow the Music Game - Get the wiggles out while learning common music directions.

Piano Baseball - Turn learning into fun when you and your friends compete to see who knows the most about the piano.

Play It, Don't Say It Card Game - Put your knowledge of tempo, dynamics and articulation terms, symbols and marks to work.

Express Yourself - Learn about tempo, dynamics and articulation terms, symbols and marks.

Piano Science - Connect music and science with experiments and activities that help you explore the concept of sound waves and how the different parts of a piano work together to create the sounds we call music.

Explore Sound - These Interesting activities from Exploresound.org will help you learn more about sound. Apply what you learn to how the parts of a piano work together to create sound.

The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori - Learn about the history of pianos by reading about the creator of the first modern piano.

Pianos Through the Ages - Learn about the history of pianos by completing a word search puzzle.

Piano History Fact Sheet - See how the piano has changed over the last 300 years.

Piano Activity Place Mat - Print out your own on 8-1/2" x 14" paper, reproducible

Origami Piano - Fold your own 3-D vertical piano, reproducible.

Grand Piano Art - Cut, fold and glue your own miniature grand piano. PDF includes full-color, detailed pieces and instructions. From Accoutrements.

Coloring Pages - Sample pages from the PTG coloring book; preschool and early elementary levels, reproducible.

Student Reward Bookmarks - Print these colorful bookmarks on cardstock and cut apart for a fun reward at the end of a lesson, reproducible.

Explore Sound

Pianos Through the Ages

Express Yourself

Tuning Forks