Mid-August (2019): Sarah Nicolls launches a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Standing Grand Project. The aim is to develop an upright piano that has a grand’s fullness of sound, but which is also compact, lightweight… Read more »
The NOVUS NV5 is the latest hybrid piano from Kawai Japan. It joins the award-winning NOVUS NV10 in the catalogue. And in simple terms, the NV5 is the “upright”, and the NV10 the “grand”. Kawai… Read more »
A new designer piano has appeared on the scene, and to say that it is visually striking is something of an understatement. It is called EXXEO, and in the words of the manufacturer, “it is an award-winning art piece,… Read more »
Ahead of next month’s Summer NAMM Show, Kawai introduces the CN29 and CN39 to their comprehensive range of digital pianos. These are successors to the highly popular, and award-winning Kawai CN27 and CN37 which were… Read more »
Elmer is a dazzling new model from Cambridge (UK) based piano makers Edelweiss. The company likes to produce instruments that really stand out, and appropriately have taken the childrens’ picture book character Elmer the Elephant as… Read more »
Several new virtual piano instrument packs have been released in the past few weeks. These include NOIRE from Native Instruments, and Sampleson’s Model T. NOIRE from Native Instruments NOIRE takes the 9 ft (275 cm) Yamaha CFX… Read more »
The latest addition to the Steinway’s Limited Edition range of grand pianos is the Lang Lang Black Diamond. This piano was recently unveiled to 1,600 guests at an exclusive Lang Lang concert held at the… Read more »
Antonín Petrof built his first grand piano in 1864. 155 years later the company bearing his name celebrates this event by unveiling three new limited edition instruments. Petrof is still based in its original hometown… Read more »
Following last year’s launch of the LX700 range, Roland has just unveiled their new HP700 series of digital pianos for the home. Two models, the HP702 and the higher spec’d HP704 have been announced and… Read more »
The Nord Grand is the latest digital piano from leading Swedish keyboard manufacturer Clavia DMI. The Nord product range is known both for its exceptional quality and for the bright red cases that house its… Read more »