Will the kids pounding hurt the piano?
I think that children should be encouraged to touch and play the piano at any age. Even discordant fingering of the keys opens the way for children to experience the fun of making music. The piano is designed to handle any blow that can be dealt with a finger. The rule I stressed with my children, was to use "fingers only" on the keyboard--and clean fingers at that. No fists, no xylophonesticks, no little cars, action figures etc. It is very difficult to damage a piano ivory using just one's fingers, but look at all the pianos with chipped keys.
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