piano player

American  

noun

• piano players
  plural

1. pianist.

2. a mechanical device that actuates the keys of a player piano.

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piano player British  

noun

1. another name for pianist

2. any of various devices for playing a piano automatically

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• piano players
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of piano player

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

piano player

Looking for a new adventure in 1970, she and a friend moved to San Francisco, where she fell in with a group of friends that included a piano player named Keith Godchaux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Donna approached the Dead’s Jerry Garcia at a club and informed him that her husband was going to be the band’s next piano player.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

"He was just a really nice old gentleman and a really good piano player," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

Poet Judy Barrat, a regular attendee, usually hands the evening’s piano player a copy of the poem she’ll be reading and asks him to improv along with her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

Occasionally, she’d whisper something to the senior piano player or Mr. Watras, but other than that, all she did was listen and listen to the music she wouldn’t be able to play.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

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