The Piano Leo Fender Never Made
In 1942 piano teacher Harold Rhodes, then in the US Army Air Corps, developed a miniature piano for hospitalised soldiers to play. It was made from bits of old planes… Read more »
Fazioli and C. Bechstein Pianos at Music China 2019
Music China is Asia’s main musical instrument trade fair. The exhibition took place last month (October) and attracted around 2,400 exhibitors from 34 countries, and more than 120,000 visitors from… Read more »
Yamaha’s AI Piano System “Dear Glenn”
Yamaha has unveiled its first comprehensive AI piano system. The Japanese musical instrument manufacturer has been working with artificial intelligence technology for many years, and the fruits of their labour… Read more »
What or Where is Piano Land?
There’s now a cruise ship called “Piano Land”, and it has just completed its maiden voyage. Well that’s not strictly true. A new Chinese cruise line (Astro Ocean) recently purchased… Read more »
The Feurich Model 123 – Vienna Modern Copper
The German/Austrian piano manufacturer Feurich has just released a special edition of their Model 123 — Vienna Modern upright piano. And it’s all about copper. The original Model 123 —… Read more »
The Steinway Haara Chandelier
Here’s something a bit different. Steinway & Sons UK, in collaboration with Cameron Design House, has produced the Steinway Haara Chandelier. Although a bit “off-topic” for this website, it is… Read more »
The Schimmel K208 Pegasus Piano
Schimmel Pianos recently delivered a customized, bright blue Pegasus grand piano to the 5-star Hotel Atlantis in Sanya, China. And this event provides an opportunity to take a closer look… Read more »
New Products: CASIO Celviano GP-310 and GP-510
Casio has today released news of two new models – the GP-310 and the GP-510. These two instruments form part of Casio’s premium Celviano Grand Hybrid product range. They are… Read more »
88 Pianists and One Piano — a Spectacular Challenge
The challenge was to have 88 different pianists simultaneously play an acoustic piano. This would be a world record that could never be broken (pianos have 88 notes*). How was… Read more »
The Standing Grand Project
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… Read more »