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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Yamaha has just unveiled the next generation of its much-lauded CFX concert grand piano. The original Yamaha CFX was launched back in 2010, and although a hand-crafted instrument, technological ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Electromagnetic Piano is a modular attachment to a grand piano. And it has just won third prize in the prestigious Guthman Musical Instrument Competition 2021. The Electromagnetic Piano actuators ...
Casio has launched a fascinating augmented reality (AR) app that shows how their digital pianos would look in any location. Setting up the placement of a Casio Celviano AP-470BN The app also allows ...