New Product: Korg G1 Air (Musicmesse 2017)
Korg have announced their long awaited new digital piano – the G1 Air. I thought it might have appeared at NAMM a couple of months ago, but it wasn’t there… Read more »
If the Piano Could Talk…
Chateau Marmont is a celebrated West Hollywood hotel located, of course, just above Sunset Boulevard. It was built in 1930 and it’s past has given it the reputation as the… Read more »
All About Piano! Be Prepared!
Launched in 2013, following the restoration of the Institut Français’ grand piano, All About Piano! is a unique festival that, as its name implies, celebrates the richness and versatility of… Read more »
The Dolceola Revisited
I was recently looking through various piano auction listings and came across a Dolceola. The name rang a bell, but for the life of me I couldn’t remember much about… Read more »
Ship Shape and Yamaha Fashion
From March 14-16 the cruise industry’s premier global trade event, The Seatrade Cruise Global Show 2017, takes place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What has this to do with pianos? Well,… Read more »
SuperDroid: A Piano Player… not a Player Piano
News has reached us of the latest version of the Arpeggio Piano Player. Labelled a “SuperDroid” and originally launched in 2015, this is the brainchild of Majestic Pianoworks’ Nikolas Morris…. Read more »
The Walled Off Piano Bar
Street artist Banksy has just opened his unique take on the hotel concept in Palestine. The hotel is on Caritas Street, Bethlehem. It is mere feet away from the wall… Read more »
Pedal Power — Soft and Softer
Larry Fine, of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer magazine has sent us details of a new video they’ve just uploaded to their You Tube channel. I’ve included a link here…. Read more »
Oscar Time
As it’s Oscar time, I thought I’d write a short piece about the 1993 Oscar winner “The Piano”. Why? Because it won 3 Oscars and a piano is pivotal to… Read more »
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 »