Pianos and Melodeons
News of a just-released publication entitled Global Piano Melodeon Market 2017 Industry Research Report reached me today. QY Research, a New York based market research company, are its authors. These kind… Read more »
21 Piano Giveaway after Concert at King’s College Cambridge
Last night (21 February, 2017), the audience attending one of King’s College Cambridge’s Chapel Lates concerts were treated to a rather unusual rendition of Chopin’s Nocturnes. The performance featured 21 local pianists from… Read more »
From “Play Me, I’m Yours” to “Find Me, I’m Yours”
There has been a lot in the UK news about the Treasured City artwork commissioned by 20-21, Scunthorpe’s Visual Arts Centre. Acclaimed artist Luke Jerram has cast five small artefacts in… Read more »
Burning Issues
Although rather tame in nature, Saturday’s “Let It Shine” (a BBC UK talent show) featured a “piano burning”, and apparently raised a few eyebrows in the world of social media…. Read more »
Kawai and Parsons do a deal and eye growth in China
Kawai are, of course, a world famous piano manufacturer. Parsons Music, unless you live in Hong Kong, are less well known. However the latter has just taken a 10% stake… Read more »
Roland RD-2000 Stage Piano – Modelling and Sampling
Last month’s NAMM show saw the unveiling of Roland’s flagship stage piano the RD-2000. This is a professional’s instrument with, coincidentally, a price tag of just over 2000 dollars/euros/pounds. The RD-2000 utilises… Read more »
Piano Day 2017
Piano Day is a worldwide celebration of the piano. It takes place on the 88th day of each year. Why the 88th? Simply to reflect the number of keys on… Read more »
Coming… Coming… Soon! Next UK Piano Auction
The next major piano auction in the UK is set for midday, April 6th 2017. It will be held as usual at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R… Read more »
Piano Destruction Ritual: Pianos were harmed in the making of this video
New York based Raphael Montañez Ortiz is a conceptual artist. In 1966 he co-founded the Destruction of Art Symposium, a group designed to highlight the futile loss of life and… Read more »
Pianists have faster reaction times. Fact.
Recently released research by Simon Landry and François Champoux at the University of Montreal has found that musicians respond faster to sensory stimuli than non-musicians. Landry, the lead researcher, set… Read more »