Music (and thus piano lessons) are neccessarily political.

by Rick Potvin

Music does not exist in a vaccum of course. To play "the piano", you must play particular music at any one time. The music you select is neccessarily going to have a political component. It matters whether you choose "Cold Play" or Mozart for example.

Here's a website dealing with the science of music... and you'll see the politics involved instantly. [+]