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New Model: Steinway Gran Nichetto Limited Edition

   November 22, 2022 November 22, 2022    No Comments on New Model: Steinway Gran Nichetto Limited Edition

American piano maker Steinway & Sons has unveiled the latest edition in its Limited Edition series of grand pianos — The Gran Nichetto. Steinway releases just one or two Limited… Read more »

Acoustic, Art-Case, New Product    art-case, limited edition, Steinway

Thomas Edison’s Tooth-Marked Steinway

   November 12, 2022 November 18, 2022    No Comments on Thomas Edison’s Tooth-Marked Steinway

In 1890 Thomas Edison purchased a Model B Ebony grand piano (serial no. 66793) from Steinway and Sons for the sum of $725. That piano is now being sold by… Read more »

Historical    grand piano, Steinway

New Product: Augmented GRAND PIANO from Arturia

   November 3, 2022 November 4, 2022    No Comments on New Product: Augmented GRAND PIANO from Arturia

French music software and hardware developer Arturia has released Augmented Grand Piano. This intriguing new software package blends high-quality piano samples with modern synthesizer-based sounds. The result is a unique… Read more »

New Product, Software, Virtual Pianos    software, virtual piano

Roland Reveals 50th Anniversary Concept Piano

   October 17, 2022 October 18, 2022    1 Comment on Roland Reveals 50th Anniversary Concept Piano

Japanese electronic musical instrument maker Roland is celebrating its 50th birthday. And to mark the occasion has created a very special digital piano — currently known as the “50th Anniversary… Read more »

Anniversary, Electric/Electronic/Digital    art-case, digital piano

Digital Piano Supply Shortage This Christmas?

   October 6, 2022 October 6, 2022    No Comments on Digital Piano Supply Shortage This Christmas?

The worldwide computer chip shortage continues. And although we regularly hear that this is affecting car production, it is also causing problems across the board for all manner of electronic… Read more »

Electric/Electronic/Digital, Musings, News Story    digital piano

Casio’s Stylish New Digital Pianos

   September 16, 2022 September 27, 2022    No Comments on Casio’s Stylish New Digital Pianos

Digital pianos have become increasingly popular over recent years, but don’t they almost all look the same? Whilst many acoustic piano manufacturers have, over the years, gone to great lengths… Read more »

Electric/Electronic/Digital, New Product    Casio, digital piano, mid-century modern

The Challen Giant — Once the World’s Largest Piano — Lives Again!

   September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022    No Comments on The Challen Giant — Once the World’s Largest Piano — Lives Again!

In 1934 the directors of Challen, a leading British piano manufacturer, decided they wanted to do something special to mark the 1935 Silver Jubilee. This event was to celebrate the… Read more »

Acoustic, Historical    Challen, grand piano, largest piano

Pianos and Postage Stamps

   August 30, 2022 September 5, 2022    No Comments on Pianos and Postage Stamps

Last year (2021) Omniva, the Estonian postal company, held a nationwide poll entitled “Great Estonian Things”. Its aim was to find out which objects the Estonian public wanted to celebrate… Read more »

Company News    Estonia Pianos, grand piano

MetaPiano: A New Modelled Grand Piano from Sampleson

   August 16, 2022 August 18, 2022    2 Comments on MetaPiano: A New Modelled Grand Piano from Sampleson

Software developer Sampleson (it prefers the term “Virtual Luthier”) has just released MetaPiano — apparently, this is the first-ever spectral modelled virtual grand piano. MetaPiano can be used as either… Read more »

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Pure Upright: A New iOS Piano App

   August 9, 2022 November 6, 2022    No Comments on Pure Upright: A New iOS Piano App

Pure Upright brings a professional, multi-sampled upright piano to your iPhone or iPad. This is the second iOS piano app to be released by German-based developers e-instruments — the first… Read more »

New Product, Software, Virtual Pianos    iOS, upright piano, virtual piano
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