Roland has introduced a new digital piano range — the LX700 series. This initially comprises three models: the flagship LX708, the mid-range LX706 and the entry-level LX705. These pianos, like Modartt’s piano emulations (see previous… Read more »
The ANT. PETROF 275 is one of just a handful of great concert grands. It is also the latest piano physically modelled by French software house Modartt. Their efforts are available as a new instrument… Read more »
The Australian piano-maker Stuart & Sons has just completed a truly remarkable grand piano. It is the first acoustic piano ever to boast a nine octave keyboard… that’s 108 keys! Most pianos have a mere… Read more »
Disney’s new film “Christopher Robin” has just been released in cinemas worldwide. It’s a fantasy comedy-drama tracing the story of the grown-up Christopher Robin reconnecting with his childhood animal friends. But it also marks the… Read more »
Florida-based Euro Pianos Naples have recently introduced the Echo, a mid-century modern upright piano, inspired by the classic Danish modern styled version of the Baldwin Acrosonic spinet piano. The Echo is designed by Euro Pianos’… Read more »
Yamaha has just launched the P-121 portable digital piano, the first of their P-Series to feature a smaller, 6-octave keyboard. This follows the unveiling, at this year’s summer NAMM show, of the P-515 their new “top-of-this-range”… Read more »
Software house Sampleson have just released a free (donations welcome) virtual recreation of the Hohner Electra Piano T. Entitled “Electrix”, it comes as both a VST and AU plugin—a standalone version is also available. This… Read more »
Back in 2016 music-legend Prince commissioned ALPHA Pianos to build a special edition of their ALPHA Grand. This was to be used on the final European leg of the Piano & A Microphone Tour. Yamaha… Read more »
If you are exclusively an acoustic pianist, do read this. It may just whet your appetite… Modartt is a French technology company specialising in products with artistic applications. Their best known product is the Pianoteq… Read more »
The 2018 Summer NAMM show takes place every year at the end of June. This is the Winter NAMM show’s little brother – smaller but still an important event in the musical instrument calendar. The… Read more »