7-Year-Old Blind Child Teaches Himself to Play Piano Then Goes on to Mesmerize Crowds

There’s a 7-year-old self-taught piano prodigy living in Dayton, Ohio today. Avett Ray Maness is determined that he won’t stop until he accomplishes his dreams and nothing, not even the fact that he’s blind, will slow him down or stand in his way. This is something that the people around him are loving as they …

The Player Piano Then and Now

Self-playing pianos are essentially a simple, analog robot that’s programmed with a paper roll that had perforations to activate the specific keys. They’d start and stop, even use the foo pedals that work the machine’s bellows. The machine’s speed, music’s tempo, and choice of music were all controllable. About half of the homes in America …

The New Daniel Barenboim Piano

It was in 2011 that Daniels Barenboim dreamed of his latest piano. It took that long and an estimated 4,000 people to design, engineer, and produce this latest piece of 88 key majesty. Barenboim showed off the piano in front of the news media, fellow pianists and enthusiasts. He showed how Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata sounded …