PianoDisc installer installing a player piano system to this piano. In the old days, player pianos operated using air pressure, valves and some even required pumping pedals with your feet to operate them. Users of these now antique pianos had to replace the punch paper rolls after each and every song. How fun! …
A New Innovation In Piano Engineering And Design
Hungarian pianist Gergely Boganyi has introduced a new piano, a remarkable instrument combining the classic piano design and engineering with the space age technologies of today. The new piano is actually named after Boganyi! The Bogyani Piano was unveiled in Budapest this January to much applause and speculation. The piano is futuristic looking. Something like …
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The Piano Has Charms To Soothe The Savage Breast
The old saying, “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.” surely can be applied to the fine sounds coming from a piano. The piano has been around for centuries. I’s melodic tones have become part of just about every music form out there. It’s celebrated artist list keeps growing every year and it’s for …
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Covering The Earth With Piano Music
PianoDisc is said to be the top company that produces player piano systems and considering their massive, global dealership network you can say they cover the Earth with piano music. It was only in 1988 that the company was founded and soon spread everywhere. They made their name an industry wide one of exemplary standards …
Kawai Musical Instruments Continues Its Legacy Of Excellent Kawai Pianos
Who would have thought that way back in 1927, a wagon maker would end up starting a musical instrument company that would become a legend in fine craftsmanship and performance almost a century later? That’s the history of the Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Company, Ltd located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. They’re renown for their masterful …
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Famous pianists are usually forgotten with time, then again when you think about it everything gets forgotten with time. Playing a piano isn’t a skill that many have, especially when you want to say that you play it well. Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff knew what he was doing whenever he got his hands on a piano, …
What To Look For In Buying A Piano
Purchasing a piano for your home or business is just like any other big furniture item albeit that it’s one that calls for fine tuning, no pun intended. Pianos come in a large variety of sizes and quality. First thing is to look for what you have a need for. Don’t go whole hog getting …
To Piano or Not to Piano, That is The Question!
The piano is an instrument we all know by now, we can pick out the sound in the most muffled of environments and tell you that the traditional black and white key set-up is something that’s created amazing pieces for a long, long time. The piano itself was developed about 300 years ago, and ever …
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Classical piano versus scary stage fright
Little did we know that classical musicians can suffer from stage fright. One would think that after those years of super disciplined training that they would have overcome such a problem but according to writer Ivan Hewett’s story focusing on several legendary classical musicians such as Steven Osborne, Renee Fleming and Vladimir Horowitz. Each of …
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The Ritmuller Piano Legacy In The 21st Century
Since 1795 the Ritmuller piano has been the hallmark of excellence in piano manufacturing the world over. To keep their legacy of masterful craftsmanship in the new millennium, Ritmuller has taken on a whole new approach to manufacturing but keeping the excellence they’re renowned for. Their total line of products has been re-engineered. From one …
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