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Wikipedia defines the piano as a chordophone, or string instrument. It also notes that pianos are sometimes classified as keyboard or percussion instruments.
What many would call string instruments are classified as chordophones. Violins, guitars, lyres, and harps are examples. However, the word also embraces instruments that many westerners would hesitate to call string instruments, such as the musical bow and the piano (which, although sometimes called a string instrument, is also called a keyboard instrument and a percussion instrument).