You don’t have to be a classical musician to be charmed by Ben Niles’ documentary “Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037.” The film, which follows the yearlong making of a Steinway concert grand, ...
WILLMAR, Minn. — Dennis Benson has tuned pianos for celebrities including Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Crystal Gayle and Wayne Newton prior to their concerts at regional venues. One time, before a ...
To the many sounds you'd expect to be produced by a forest, consider including this: the sound of the piano. The majestic "red spruce" growing in the Val di Fiemme of Italy's Dolomites has been prized ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Steinway & Sons has been making the piano of choice of great pianists worldwide, as well as the instrument most coveted by amateur pianists, for 150 years and is holding its ...
For the first half of the century, back before World War II, the most important entertainment device in any American parlor was the family piano, and the world center of piano manufacturing was New ...
[Ramon] was always fascinated with pianos, and when he came across a few player piano rolls in an antique shop, a small kernel of a project idea was formed. He wondered if anyone had ever tried to ...
Traditional piano recitals can often be intimidating for performers and audiences alike. Two California pianists have made it their mission to use outdoor spaces to make them less formal and more ...
As the door-storming Black Friday weekend of championship competitive shopping comes to an end, it’s a good time to tell you about a technology gift that would be perfect for someone on your gift list ...
When pianist Vera Anselmo, who trained at Juilliard and Mannes School of Music, started giving piano and music lessons at local schools in Manhattan's Upper West Side and Harlem in 2001, she did not ...