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 »
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 »
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 »
One particular Piano Day 2019 event of special interest is Sarah Nicolls’ performance in Galway, Ireland. For what reason? Well, because it features the Inside-Out Piano, or to be more accurate the Inside-Out Piano II, and… Read more »
Steinway has officially launched the long-awaited recording version of their SPIRIO high-resolution player piano system — the Steinway SPIRIO | r. This took place at a celebratory event on the company’s actual 166th birthday (March… Read more »
Resonance Piano is a new concept from the Italian company Ciresa. Few will have heard of this company but you will have heard their product. Ciresa makes piano soundboards. And their prestigious customers include C…. Read more »
A broken old straight-strung (and that’s relevant!) piano has been transformed into a unique hybrid that now incorporates 20 other instruments. And it is turning heads. We often think of a hybrid as an amalgam… Read more »
Kawai has launched a special order programme for their hugely impressive CR-1M Crystal Grand Piano. This model is based on the Shigeru Kawai SK-5 chamber grand, widely acclaimed by many top professional pianists. The casework,… Read more »
The Kengo Kuma Fazioli grand piano is a magnificent new instrument designed by the renowned Japanese architect whose name it bears. The piano was commisioned by leading Canadian property developer Westbank Corporation through Vancouver Fazioli… Read more »