The late 19th century through to the 1920s is often referred to as the “Golden Age of the Piano”. In 1909 over 350,000 pianos were sold in the U.S. alone. That’s approximately a new piano that year ...

Keybird Instruments has launched a new acoustic piano that weighs just 50kg (110 pounds). Compare this to a typical upright at around 250kg (550 pounds), and to a grand piano which can easily be twice ...

The Oeser is a new virtual piano from the Dutch software house Key Instruments (part of Key Productions). It is also their first virtual piano. Key Productions (the parent company) is primarily a ...

Every January the musical instrument world descends on California for the annual Winter NAMM exhibition. It is the most important showcase for the latest music products. This year the event is not ...

This year (2022) Roland celebrates its 50th anniversary — so perhaps now is a good time to take a look back at the various landmark electronic and digital pianos the company has produced over the ...

Another year, another NAMM Show. The NAMM Show is the world’s largest trade-only (-ish) event for the music, sound, and event technology industry. It’s an annual gathering where manufacturers, ...

Exactly 200 years ago John Broadwood and Sons built a grand piano, chosen to be the finest of the time, as a present for Ludwig van Beethoven. This instrument, still in existence, is known as the ...

A team at Sony’s Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL), headed by Dr. Shinichi Furuya, has made some remarkable discoveries while using an exoskeleton robot ...

Pianoteq is a virtual core instrument for MacOS, Windows and Linux. It physically models acoustic pianos, harpsichords, harps, vibraphones, celestas, and more. Various different instrument packs are ...

American piano maker Steinway & Sons has unveiled the latest edition in its Limited Edition series of grand pianos — The Gran Nichetto. The Steinway Gran Nichetto (The Walnut Veneer variant) Steinway ...

In 1934 the directors of Challen, a leading British piano manufacturer, decided they wanted to do something special to mark the 1935 Silver Jubilee. This event was to celebrate the 25 years King ...