Ergonomically Curved Keyboards
The Maene-Viñoly Concert Grand is a beautiful new piano with a very special feature – it has a curved keyboard. The piano was developed in Belgium by piano maker extraordinaire… Read more »
Category: Acoustic
Pianos at NAMM 2022
The NAMM Show is back after two years’ absence and, as usual, there are new pianos to be seen and heard. The 2022 exhibition, organised by the National Association of… Read more »
Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano — The Next Generation
Yamaha has just unveiled the next generation of its much-lauded CFX concert grand piano. The original Yamaha CFX was launched back in 2010, and although a hand-crafted instrument, technological advances… Read more »
Piano AR: Yamaha puts a Grand Piano in your Home
Have you ever wondered what a grand piano would look like in your front room? Are you unsure whether you have the space for a piano? Well, Yamaha has unveiled… Read more »
New Addition to Steinway Concert Hall Series
The Steinway Concert Hall Series is a collection of limited edition grand pianos honouring major concert halls around the world. These pianos are designed to capture the unique features of… Read more »
Le Silex – Pianos Past and Present
Edelweiss Pianos is one of the few remaining British piano makers. The company hand-builds bespoke acoustic self-play pianos at its workshop just outside Cambridge. Its models include a grand piano,… Read more »
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 »
The Cloud Fazioli
Westbank is Canada’s leading luxury residential and mixed-use real estate developer. When it commissions architects to design a building it likes them to also design a grand piano that reflects… Read more »
Two New Upright Pianos from C. Bechstein
European piano manufacturer C. Bechstein and its subsidiary W.Hoffmann introduce two interesting small upright pianos this summer. Before examining these new instruments it is worth taking a quick look at… Read more »
Two New Bösendorfer Grand Pianos
Bösendorfer has unveiled two new grand pianos — the Concert Grand 230VC and the Camellia Grand. The 7ft 6in Bösendorfer Concert Grand 230VC is the latest addition to the company’s… Read more »