Two Unique Pianos at Music China 2020
Music China is one of the world’s top three musical instrument industry events. This year it was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. More than a thousand exhibitors… Read more »
Category: New Product
New Product: QRS UV Keyboard Sanitizer
QRS Music Technologies Inc. has just released the QRS UV Keyboard Sanitizer. This compact all-in-one device will (the manufacturers claim) kill 99.9% of most viruses (including Covid-19), airborne bacteria and… Read more »
Sampleson Releases Klavee — a Virtual Klaviphon
The Klaviphon is a small, budget electric piano. It was manufactured in Czechoslovakia between 1958 and 1966 by the state run National Company Harmonika Hořovice and by the Rieger Kloss… Read more »
Steinway “Kravitz Grand” — A Real Work of Art
Steinway & Sons has launched a new limited-edition grand piano designed by legendary musician Lenny Kravitz. On the face of it, this may seem a strange collaboration. Why would a… Read more »
New Products: Kawai ES920 and Kawai ES520 Digital Pianos
Japanese piano manufacturer Kawai has released two new digital pianos. This expands Kawai’s ES Series of portable instruments to 3 models. The ES920 is the top-of-the-range replacement for the Kawai… Read more »
New Product: Keybird X1 — A Lightweight Acoustic Piano
Keybird Instruments has launched a new acoustic piano that weighs just 50kg (110 pounds). Compare this to a typical upright at around 250kg (550 pounds), and to a grand piano… Read more »
Piano Accessories: PIANOFIT and Nomad Music’s Piano Care Kit
Two new piano accessories have just appeared on the market — one from Germany, the other from America. PIANOFIT is both the name of the product and the company that… Read more »
The Appassionata—Steinway Celebrates Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
Steinway and Sons has joined in the celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday by releasing a limited edition grand piano entitled “the Appassionata”, in homage to the great composer. Beethoven’s Appassionata,… Read more »
Pianodrome Crowdfunding Campaign
The Pianodrome is an amphitheatre made from over 50 unwanted pianos. And the structure includes five actual working instruments. It first appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and is… Read more »
New Product: The LEGO Piano
A grand piano has over 10,000 individual parts — the new LEGO Piano uses 3662 “bricks”. The two aren’t really comparable, but LEGO’s latest product is a fun idea that… Read more »