In the mid-19th century, Chickering & Sons was the largest piano manufacturer in all of America. It was responsible for many technical innovations still used today, received countless awards, and… Read more »
This year (2023) is the 170th anniversary of the founding of Steinway & Sons. It was back in 1853 that Henry E. Steinway Snr. established the company in a rented… Read more »
The Story & Clark Storytone was, arguably, the first commercially available electric piano. Its development was a joint venture between the Story & Clark Piano Company (U.S.) and the Radio… Read more »
Firstly, what is a piano insulator? Well, today we’d probably be more familiar with the terms castor cup or coaster… the small bowl-shaped pieces of wood or plastic that sit… Read more »
An exceptional collection of historical musical instruments will be auctioned on 18th March 2023. Amongst the lots are 29 pianos ranging in date from 1760 to 1860. The collection belonged… Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted to get close up to one of Liberace’s spectacular pianos now is your chance. One of the flamboyant pianist’s mirrored grand pianos is the centrepiece of… Read more »
The Piano Lesson is a hit Broadway play by Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright August Wilson. It was first staged back in 1987 and has been revived in 2022. The current… Read more »
In 1890 Thomas Edison purchased a Model B Ebony grand piano (serial no. 66793) from Steinway and Sons for the sum of $725. That piano is now being sold by… Read more »
Japanese electronic musical instrument maker Roland is celebrating its 50th birthday. And to mark the occasion has created a very special digital piano — currently known as the “50th Anniversary… Read more »
In 1934 the directors of Challen, a leading British piano manufacturer, decided they wanted to do something special to mark the 1935 Silver Jubilee. This event was to celebrate the… Read more »