The Leeds Piano Competition / Trail 2021
The Leeds International Piano Competition is a world-renowned music event. It has been running for 58 years, and such is its importance that it attracts over 1 million online views… Read more »
Piano Colors — a musical paintbox
Piano Colors is an extraordinary new library of grand piano sounds combined with enhanced modulation and processing capabilities. It delivers sounds, textures, and musical patterns, the like of which you… Read more »
The Cloud Fazioli
Westbank is Canada’s leading luxury residential and mixed-use real estate developer. When it commissions architects to design a building it likes them to also design a grand piano that reflects… Read more »
Book | The Steinway Hunter
In The Steinway Hunter Robert Friedman tells of his life buying, restoring, and selling Steinway pianos. And, to anyone interested in “the king of instruments”, this is a fascinating, compelling,… Read more »
Exceptional Collection of Rare Pianos to be Auctioned
UK auction house Dreweatts is to auction the David Winston Piano Collection on 23 September 2021. This is the most important sale of historic keyboard instruments since that of the… Read more »
The Piano Bench — A New Look
The piano bench is often an afterthought when buying a piano, and this is hardly surprising, it’s not normally the most glamorous of products. However, one new company, Kaunus, is… Read more »
New Product: Casio PX-S1100 Digital Piano
Casio unveils the Privia PX-S1100, which replaces its award-winning PX-S1000 digital piano. The new iteration retains most of its predecessor’s features, whilst improving the overall sound quality and expanding the… Read more »
Sampleson Launches Reed106 Virtual Piano
Software house Sampleson has just released Reed106, with the strapline “The first ever-changing modelled electric piano”. This is a virtual instrument. It comes as either a VST or AU plugin… Read more »
A Yamaha Elton John Signature Red Piano Sells for $150,000
One of Yamaha’s Elton John Limited Edition Signature Red pianos has just sold for $150,000. This was at the Julien’s Auctions Music Icons sale (June 2021). The sum was well… Read more »
Two New Upright Pianos from C. Bechstein
European piano manufacturer C. Bechstein and its subsidiary W.Hoffmann introduce two interesting small upright pianos this summer. Before examining these new instruments it is worth taking a quick look at… Read more »