Piano Day 2018
Piano Day 2018 is on March 29th. This is an annual worldwide music festival with the aim of promoting, and celebrating the piano — the “king of instruments” (although some… Read more »
Category: Event
Carole King’s Steinway Piano
Christies are to auction Carole King’s personal piano in The Exceptional Sale to be held in New York on April 20, 2018. This is a truly iconic instrument. The piano… Read more »
The Broadwood Manxman
A Broadwood Manxman upright piano is one of the more attention grabbing instruments at Piano Auctions Limited’s spring sale (London, April 12th, 2018). But what makes this piano so significant?… Read more »
Queen Victoria’s Broadwood Piano for Sale
It’s not often you can buy a piano once owned by Royalty, but in January 2018 a Broadwood grand piano once owned by Queen Victoria, is being put up for… Read more »
Surviving Hiroshima Piano at Nobel Peace Prize Concert
Six pianos survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945. These are known as the “Hibaku Pianos”. One of these instruments will feature at… Read more »
The Butterfly Piano—Fighting for Beauty
Outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, a luxury Vancouver hotel, there is a magenta, graffiti encased pavilion housing a new pop-up art gallery entitled Fight For Beauty. This exhibition is based… Read more »
“Masque de Femme” Steinway sells for $1.5 million (US)
A Steinway piano known as the “Masque de Femme” has just sold at a charity auction for an impressive HK$11.7 million (approx. 1.5 million USD, 1.25 million EUR, 1.12 million… Read more »
The Spectacular Piano Drop
A few weeks back I heard about a piano drop in Duvall, Washington (state), USA. The event took place in McCormick Park, on the banks of the Snoqualmie River, to… Read more »
First Public Appearance of World’s Longest Concert Grand Piano
On Friday 29th September, Luigi Borgato will unveil his latest piano to the public at a special event to be held in the Palazzo della Ragione, Padova (Italy). This will… Read more »
More News of Elvis’ Piano
Following the sale of Elvis Presley’s famous white piano on eBay last month, it has been announced that the instrument is to return to its “spiritual home” – Graceland. Elvis purchased… Read more »