Pianos are a staple at World's Fairs, and Expo 2025 Osaka is no different. Visit World Piano News for updates and information ...

The “World of Clavinovas” can be a bit confusing. There are three different series of models – the CSP-Series, CVP-Series and CLP-Series. In essence, CSP instruments are for musical beginners, or ...

The Origami Fazioli The new Origami Fazioli and the original Fairmont Fazioli (inset) Ten years ago Fazioli, with the Canadian firm of architects McFarlane, Green and Biggar, designed a special ...

Rhodes, showed the Stage 61 – a five octave prototype version of its MK8 electric piano. The Stage 61 has a look akin to the original Rhodes Mk.5, and like the Rhodes Stage pianos of old, there is no ...

Keybird Instruments has launched a new acoustic piano that weighs just 50kg (110 pounds). Compare this to a typical upright at around 250kg (550 pounds), and to a grand piano which can easily be twice ...

The above video clip of the airship’s Blüthner piano is thought to have been made in a mock-up of the Hindenburg’s music salon, and not whilst airborne. Nevertheless it does give an idea as to the ...

Some of you in the northern hemisphere will be experiencing some pretty shocking weather this year. So here are a few winter tips to help prevent any damage to your piano. Sorry if this is a bit of a ...

The Kulangsu Piano Museum Entrance to the Kulangsu (Gulangyu) Piano Museum And it is therefore not really surprising that the focus of the island’s cultural scene is the Kulangsu Piano Museum. With ...

In 1821 Sébastien Érard patented a new piano action – the “double escapement”. The importance of this development cannot be overstated. It was the birth of the modern grand piano action, and in ...

In the mid-19th century, Chickering & Sons was the largest piano manufacturer in all of America. It was responsible for many technical innovations still used today, received countless awards, and its ...

VSL’s Studio Bösendorfer Imperial Over the years, VSL has released three different sampled-based virtual editions of the Bösendorfer Imperial. (1) the Vienna Imperial; (2) the Synchron Bösendorfer ...