My Piano: New Regulations Concerning Ivory
On April 3rd, 2018 the UK Government confirmed that it would introduce a strict ban on ivory sales. The new laws will be amongst the toughest in the world. The UK Government is taking this… Read more »
Category: General
Finding Airbnb Properties with a Piano
When you go away do you ever wish you could find somewhere to stay that has a piano? To sit at a beautiful instrument in a unique location, perhaps with a stunning view, is to… Read more »
Some Winter Tips for You and Your Piano
Some of you in the northern hemisphere will be experiencing some pretty shocking weather this year. So here are a few winter tips to help prevent any damage to your piano. Sorry if this is… Read more »
Cristofori Speaks
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was born in 1655, and is generally considered to be the inventor of the piano. He served in the court of Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici from 1663-1713, and first prototyped the instrument… Read more »
If the Piano Could Talk…
Chateau Marmont is a celebrated West Hollywood hotel located, of course, just above Sunset Boulevard. It was built in 1930 and it’s past has given it the reputation as the place the glitterati went to… Read more »
The Dolceola Revisited
I was recently looking through various piano auction listings and came across a Dolceola. The name rang a bell, but for the life of me I couldn’t remember much about this instrument. After a little… Read more »
SuperDroid: A Piano Player… not a Player Piano
News has reached us of the latest version of the Arpeggio Piano Player. Labelled a “SuperDroid” and originally launched in 2015, this is the brainchild of Majestic Pianoworks’ Nikolas Morris. Piano Players Let’s first just… Read more »
Pedal Power — Soft and Softer
Larry Fine, of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer magazine has sent us details of a new video they’ve just uploaded to their You Tube channel. I’ve included a link here. The video features classical pianist… Read more »
Pianos and Melodeons
News of a just-released publication entitled Global Piano Melodeon Market 2017 Industry Research Report reached me today. QY Research, a New York based market research company, are its authors. These kind of reports on the state… Read more »
2017: New Blog
Hello, this is the first entry in my new daily World Piano News feature. I will be regularly placing news items here that relate to the piano. This site will primarily cover news relating to the… Read more »