The Award-Winning Casio PX-S1000 Digital Piano
Casio has announced that its Privia PX-S1000 has just been awarded a Red Dot Product Design Award (2020). The Red Dot is a prestigious industrial design award. it was originally… Read more »
The Karsten Collection of Historical Keyboards for Pianoteq
Modartt has released a new instrument pack — The Karsten Collection — for their Pianoteq piano modelling software. The pack features five historical keyboard instruments from the collection of Peter… Read more »
Piano Day 2020
March 28th is Piano Day 2020. Piano Day takes place on the 88th day of each year and is a celebration of the “king of musical instruments” — the piano…. Read more »
Film: Piano to Zanskar [update]
Piano to Zanskar is an award-winning documentary film. It tells the remarkable story of a 65-year-old English eccentric, Desmond Gentle, and his perilous mission to transport a piano from North… Read more »
COVID-19 and Consumer Piano Care
In response to the continuing concerns relating to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, the Piano Technicians Guild has compiled the following advisory. Hopefully, you will find it helpful. Our thanks to… Read more »
Hailun Pianos and Smaller Sized Piano Keyboards
At this year’s winter NAMM show the Hailun Pianos exhibited one of their HU-1P uprights fitted with a DS6.0 keyboard. What does this mean? For over 100 years the piano… Read more »
New Book: The Lost Pianos of Siberia
The Lost Pianos of Siberia is the first book by British writer/journalist Sophy Roberts. It is a story exploring remote areas in search, not just of pianos, but of a… Read more »
Two New Fazioli Pianos
Fazioli has produced two new special edition “art case” pianos for Westbank, Canada’s luxury real-estate development company. The Flying Fazioli, a truly remarkable piece of design, was produced for Vancouver… Read more »
Piano Vertical—a Performance Like No Other!
It’s not often you see something that is “jaw-dropping”. But last month’s PIano Vertical concert in Munich most certainly deserves this description. Could the playing of a piano be any… Read more »
New Exhibit: The Steinway Piano from the SS United States
The historic grand piano from the SS United States, once the world’s fastest ocean liner, has gone on public display at Steinway Hall, New York. The Steinway & Sons baby… Read more »