New Product: Kawai NOVUS NV5
The NOVUS NV5 is the latest hybrid piano from Kawai Japan. It joins the award-winning NOVUS NV10 in the catalogue. And in simple terms, the NV5 is the “upright”, and the NV10 the “grand”. Kawai… Read more »
Steinway Buys Louis Renner
Steinway & Sons has purchased Louis Renner GmbH & Co. KG. The German Renner company manufactures grand and upright piano actions as well as many special piano components and tools. Steinway (Hamburg) has used Renner… Read more »
The 2019 Toy Piano Festival
For the past 19 years, the University of California San Diego Library has held a Toy Piano Festival. It was established to celebrate this unique musical instrument and to pay homage to American composer John… Read more »
New Home for Elvis’ Gold Piano
There were two grand pianos in Elvis Presley’s life. One was the 1912 Knabe grand piano that Presley purchased for $818.85 in 1957. He had this instrument painted white and kept it in the music… Read more »
Pianodrome – the Amazing Performance Venue – Returns to Edinburgh
Following its highly successful launch at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018, Pianodrome returns to the festival this August. We don’t generally run stories about concert venues/shows, but this is something different and really special. Pianodrome… Read more »
EXXEO – A Designer Piano with the WOW! Factor
A new designer piano has appeared on the scene, and to say that it is visually striking is something of an understatement. It is called EXXEO, and in the words of the manufacturer, “it is an award-winning art piece,… Read more »
New Products: Kawai CN29 and Kawai CN39 Digital Pianos
Ahead of next month’s Summer NAMM Show, Kawai introduces the CN29 and CN39 to their comprehensive range of digital pianos. These are successors to the highly popular, and award-winning Kawai CN27 and CN37 which were… Read more »
The Story of Cole Porter’s “High Society” Steinway Piano
Cole Porter’s famous piano, which he himself named “High Society”, has been meticulously restored by Steinway and Sons. This is the instrument on which Porter wrote many of his most popular songs including “Anything Goes”,… Read more »
Pianos at Queen Victoria’s 200th Anniversary Celebrations
Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819. And various exhibitions and festivities are taking place throughout 2019 to celebrate this 200th Anniversary. And pianos play their part. Both Queen Victoria (r.1837-1901) and her husband Prince… Read more »
Edelweiss Pianos’ 2019 Collection (featuring Elmer)
Elmer is a dazzling new model from Cambridge (UK) based piano makers Edelweiss. The company likes to produce instruments that really stand out, and appropriately have taken the childrens’ picture book character Elmer the Elephant as… Read more »