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Being flashy is no way to play piano (4)

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I believe the answer is:

loud

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'being flashy' is the definition.
('loud' can be a synonym of 'flashy')

'no way to play piano' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'no' could be 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero') and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lud' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for loud that I've seen before include "Tasteless; of great volume" , "Blaring" , "Audibly, or visually, obtrusive" , "This speaker is" , "Fortissimo - gaudy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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