200th Anniversary of Érard’s Double Escapement Action
In 1821 Sébastien Érard patented a new piano action – the “double escapement”. The importance of this development cannot be overstated. It was the birth of the modern grand piano… Read more »
Category: Explainers
Keys: Lipped, Waterfalls and Diving Boards
Yamaha recently added two new models, the YC88 and YC73 to its YC Series of instruments. This range of stage keyboards is targeted at the gigging musician. The YC88, with… Read more »
New Video Series — The Evolution of the Piano
Canada’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new series of short videos as part of the NMC Learning at Home program. So far 16 episodes have been released, four… Read more »
COVID-19 and Consumer Piano Care
In response to the continuing concerns relating to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, the Piano Technicians Guild has compiled the following advisory. Hopefully, you will find it helpful. Our thanks to… Read more »
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… 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… 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…. 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…. Read more »