The Tehran Times has reported that a Dutch jazz pianist is searching for a piano once gifted to a Persian king by Napoleon Bonaparte. The piano, the first to ever arrive in Persia, was presented in 1806…. Read more »
If you use a keyboard or digital piano on stage, you must accept that appearance-wise, these instruments aren’t that attractive. For the past few years Amsterdam-based company Dutchgrand have been doing their bit to rectify… Read more »
A family in Shropshire, England has found a substantial amount of gold “treasure” hidden away in their family piano – a Broadwood upright piano made in 1906. The “find”, in the form of gold coins,… Read more »
George Michael was the benefactor who paid an unknown collector £1.45m (1.75m USD) for John Lennon’s Steinway Z1 upright piano in 2000. This was so it could remain in the UK, and not be sold… Read more »
Nord, the Swedish electronic musical instrument manufacturer have added the Royal Grand 3D to the Nord Piano Library. Nord state that this is their first piano recorded using the binaural head technique. This uses an… Read more »
Research undertaken by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and initially published by the AES (Audio Engineering Society) has found that using a compressed audio format (such as MP3), introduces subtle perceptual differences between recordings of various musical… Read more »
Roland Corporation is previewing the GO-61P GO:PIANO at the CES in Las Vegas this January. The piano is primarily aimed at the beginner/intermediate piano student. The price is expected to be just over 300 USD…. Read more »
Future Market Insights a leading market research organization, reports that the market for the traditional piano is facing increasing competition from the player (or self-playing) piano. Since their popularity peaked in the early twentieth century, demand for… Read more »
Hello, this is the first entry in my new daily World Piano News feature. I will be regularly placing news items here that relate to the piano. This site will primarily cover news relating to the… Read more »