piano player

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of piano player

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

TV station spotted a promising young piano player and decided to give him a chance on screen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

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

One of the artworks is Saturday Night which shows a rock 'n' roll piano player in action.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

I’m a really rotten piano player, but I’ve written quite a few songs which I think are pretty good on the piano.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel