Two culturally important pianos are shortly coming up for sale. On September 6th (2023) Sotheby’s is auctioning Freddie Mercury’s Yamaha grand piano. And on September 30th Alex Cooper Auctioneers is… Read more »
Sir Elton John’s headline appearance at this year’s Glastonbury Music Festival seems to have had a remarkable effect on sales of acoustic and digital pianos in the UK. On Sunday… Read more »
Yamaha has just launched two new digital pianos—the Piaggero NP-15 and Piaggero NP-35. The term “Piaggero” is the branding given to Yamaha’s NP-Series of portable digital pianos. It is a… Read more »
Musicians will often customize their instruments in order to create a new sound palette with which to work. However, the piano is possibly the best instrument for such experimentation as… Read more »
Yamaha has just launched the P-S500. This new smart digital piano takes its place as (arguably) the top-of-the-range model in Yamaha’s P-Series. P-Series instruments first appeared back in 1994, and… Read more »
What would the piano have looked like if it had evolved independently in Japan? From the early 1600s until 1853 Japan was closed off from most of the world. This… Read more »
Yamaha has just unveiled the next generation of its much-lauded CFX concert grand piano. The original Yamaha CFX was launched back in 2010, and although a hand-crafted instrument, technological advances… Read more »