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August 19, 2019
Sarah Nicolls is building a lightweight & portable acoustic grand piano based upon her innovative “Inside-Out Piano” and is looking for people to get involved in this unique project via Kickstarter.
Source: gearnews.com
July 29, 2019
Louis Renner, the world's premier producer of piano actions and hammerheads, is being sold. New owner is the piano maker Steinway & Sons. The jobs in the Schnauderstadt and in the Gärtringen district in Baden-Württemberg should remain unchanged.
July 11, 2019
Exxeo is a high-tech piano made out of materials like carbon fiber, premium automotive leather and aerospace grade aluminum. Advanced soundboard speaker system; recreates the broad dynamic range of the grand pianos through the 200 watts, 9 speaker sound system. Its dedicated built-in battery enables the piano to perform up to 20 hours on a single charge.
July 03, 2019
A mysterious piano has appeared at McGuire Lake.
The American made Kimball piano has been placed underneath the Japanese friendship gate at McGuire Lake park along with a small bench.
June 12 08, 2019
A feature in The New York Times Magazine has revealed that the master recordings of nearly 500,000 songs in a Universal Music Group archive from artists spanning the 20th and 21st century were destroyed in a massive fire from 2008.
June 05, 2019
Colette Maze, a 103-year-old woman from France, has been playing the piano for more than a century — a practice that she says not only contributes to her mental well-being, but also her physical health.
"I don’t count the years. I’m no good at math, so what’s the point? I was old at 15, I am much younger now,” she told BBC News.
June 04, 2019
Steingraeber has come astoundingly close to an authentic sound yet using an electronic piano, thanks to a cross-border cooperation with France via Germany, down to Austria, and across to Japan. ‘Physical modelling‘ is the name of the concept behind this new digital and much more authentic approach, and is based on complex software developed by French tuner and mathematician Pr. Philippe Guillaume, CEO of MODARTT S.A.S.
