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Piano Day 2017

   February 8, 2017 March 29, 2017    No Comments on 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 »

Event    Piano Day
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Coming… Coming… Soon! Next UK Piano Auction

   February 3, 2017 February 8, 2017    No Comments on 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 »

Auction, Event   

Piano Destruction Ritual: Pianos were harmed in the making of this video

   January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017    No Comments on 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 »

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Pianists have faster reaction times. Fact.

   January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017    1 Comment on 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 »

News Story, Research   
Fazioli F278 Concert Grand Piano

NAMM 2017: Fazioli unveil new generation F278 Concert Grand

   January 25, 2017 February 11, 2020    No Comments on NAMM 2017: Fazioli unveil new generation F278 Concert Grand

Italian piano manufacturer Fazioli has revealed their new generation of F278 concert grands at this month’s NAMM show in California. These instruments feature Fazioli’s latest piano action which is primarily… Read more »

Acoustic, New Product    Fazioli

La La GRAND

   January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017    No Comments on La La GRAND

MINOR PLOT SPOILER: If you’ve seen the much acclaimed film La La Land, you’ll know it features a lot of piano. But you may also have noticed Ryan Gosling’s character playing… Read more »

News Story    keyboard controller

… When life throws you a Piano!

   January 20, 2017 December 4, 2018    No Comments on … When life throws you a Piano!

I doubt you’ve ever seen an ad that uses a piano in such a shocking way.  This bleak TV advert, entitled “Lies” is for the Middle Eastern clothing chain Centrepoint’s sale. The… Read more »

Advertising, TV and Radio   

The Search for Napoleon’s ‘Persian’ piano.

   January 18, 2017 June 26, 2020    No Comments on The Search for Napoleon’s ‘Persian’ piano.

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… Read more »

News Story    Napoleon, square piano

Turn your keyboard into a grand for about a grand.

   January 16, 2017 January 18, 2017    No Comments on Turn your keyboard into a grand for about a grand.

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… Read more »

Accessory, New Product   

There’s gold in them there Broadwood pianos…

   January 15, 2017 August 11, 2017    No Comments on There’s gold in them there Broadwood pianos…

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… Read more »

News Story    Broadwood
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