As Stage Prop
Stage productions were never the same after the invention of the piano. Classical Greek and Roman productions, and later Shakespearean dramas, eventually gave way to the musical. The reason, primarily, was the piano.
Go into any high school auditorium, waltz onto any stage, and you're likely to find an upright piano holding up a wall. It's there for a reason. Auditions, practice, the dressed-rehearsal.
The piano is more than the stage prop, however; the piano is the life blood of the modern musical, the Broadway show. Take the piano away, there's a noticeable void.
We might even say the piano props the actors up. Not a bad gig for some cabinetry and string.
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