Most people don't consider it a percussion instrument, as most percussion involves directly striking the surface that makes the sound (thus the definition of percussion), whereas depressing piano...
"Percussion. The piano makes sound when small hammers hit the strings inside the piano. This hitting action classifies it as percussion." And this answer is backed up by which dictionary? According...
Piano belongs to a percussion instrument family. in order to produce a sound strings has to be struck by hammer. The striking action defines piano as a percussion instrument. Pianist is unable to...
Yes, it does. To be more in depth, the cowbell actually is a part of the auxillary percussion family, but it is still considered part of the percussion family(general percussion).