About the project

PIANORADAR is a directory of public pianos: instruments anyone can play without being a customer, without booking and without asking for an appointment. They live in stations, airports, squares, community centres, hospitals, hotels, bars and restaurants, and they almost never appear on any map.

The idea comes from a real problem: travelling makes playing difficult. You cannot carry a piano with you and you have no idea where to find one you are allowed to use. This portal answers that question —where can I play today?— for any city.

What each entry tells you

Where the piano is and how to get there, on what terms you may play it (open access, ask first, order something, or customers only), what condition the instrument is in, and when someone last confirmed it is still there.

How it stays current

Pianos come and go: they get removed, tuned, moved elsewhere. So any visitor standing in front of one can confirm it with a single click, and that date stays visible on the page. No account needed.

Adding a piano

Know one that is missing? Tell us through Add a piano. Every submission is reviewed by hand before it goes live: we would rather have few reliable entries than many doubtful ones.

A non-commercial project

PIANORADAR sells nothing, shows no advertising and does not track its visitors. It uses no third-party analytics and serves its typefaces from this very server, so browsing here leaves no trace of you with any other company. Maps come from OpenStreetMap.