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 »
New Virtual Pianos from Native Instruments and Sampleson
Several new virtual piano instrument packs have been released in the past few weeks. These include NOIRE from Native Instruments, and Sampleson’s Model T. NOIRE from Native Instruments NOIRE takes the 9 ft (275 cm) Yamaha CFX… Read more »
Is There A Fortune Hidden In Your Piano?
Last week a rare 1916 baseball card found inside an old piano, and featuring Babe Ruth, sold at auction for USD 130,000. And a couple of years ago, a hoard of 913 gold coins was… Read more »
The Lang Lang Black Diamond Steinway
The latest addition to the Steinway’s Limited Edition range of grand pianos is the Lang Lang Black Diamond. This piano was recently unveiled to 1,600 guests at an exclusive Lang Lang concert held at the… Read more »