Piano

This section provides a variety of information about both acoustic pianos and digital pianos, as well as restoration, modifications, playing technique, advice on lessons, and more.

Roland FP-10 digital piano
Roland has announced its latest entry-level digital piano, the FP-10, designed to offer premium sound and playability to those seeking out their first keyboard instrument. Get our occasional newsletter... Featuring Roland’s high quality digital piano sound with an expressive 88-weighted key design, the FP-10 is also portable despite including inbuilt […]

Roland FP-10 digital piano: affordable quality instrument

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Yamaha TransAcousic TA2 pianos
Yamaha has announced its new generation of TransAcoustic pianos, featuring four upright and three grand models. Get our occasional newsletter... They build on the original TransAcoustic models which gave acoustic pianos volume control, thanks to electro-acoustic transducers located near to each of the instrument’s two soundboard bridges which allow the […]

Yamaha TransAcoustic TA2 piano family launched

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Roland RD-800
Roland has updated its RD line of digital stage pianos with the introduction of the RD-800. Get our occasional newsletter... Roland claims the RD-800 not only has a new, sleek look but also “many improvements in sound, feel, and versatility”. Sound-wise, Roland has added more acoustic piano samples, plus authentic […]

Roland RD-800 Stage Piano revealed

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Theremin Vox Collection Volume 1 by Masami Takeuchi
Masami Takeuchi has announced an album of theremin music: “Theremin Vox Collection Vol.1”. Get our occasional newsletter... It combines the sounds of acoustic piano and the Gordin Masazane theremin, which his own company produces. “The Gordin Masazane can produce sound by either oscillators or traditional heterodyning and also includes waveshaping […]

Theremin and piano meet: Masami Takeuchi album

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We’ve seen our fair share of expensively decorated grand pianos, including the world’s most expensive jewel-encrusted Kuhn-Bosendorfer and Baldwin’s Exotic Collection of acoustic pianos. Get our occasional newsletter... Now, a one-of-a-kind 24-carat gold leaf Fazioli grand piano is being displayed at Aberdeen Centre’s Showcase Pianos, and was last week played […]

24K gold leaf Fazioli piano displayed in Aberdeen, MD; played ...

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Here’s our pick of the best places online to find free (and hopefully legal) printable piano music manuscripts. Get our occasional newsletter... MusOpen Musopen is a non-profit organisation focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. This includes copyright-free sheet music. Musopen features […]

Where to find free printed piano music

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Get our occasional newsletter... Do you remember the jewel-encrusted Kuhn-Bosendorfer grand piano we featured four years ago, with the speculation that it was the world’s most expensive? This exclusive limited edition grand piano has now concluded a round of limited concerts and showings and is being put on the open […]

Kuhn-Bosendorfer art case piano now available to buy… for just ...

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Italian footballer, Mario Balotelli, has supposedly been captured playing the Italian National Anthem (Il Canto degli Italiani) on a grand piano, while national team-mate Andrea Pirlo looks on. Get our occasional newsletter... It’s a pretty ruse, but take a look at the video below and you’ll quickly see that it’s […]

Mario Balotelli in fake piano-playing video

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