This 1972 Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano (serial no. 436549) was acquired by Sir Elton John in August 1975. It was one the musician’s touring pianos and would have been used for some of his most ...

Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) has recently released Studio Bösendorfer Imperial, a new addition to its Studio range of virtual pianos. The Bösendorfer Imperial Concert Grand piano holds considerable ...

Another year, another NAMM Show. The NAMM Show is the world’s largest trade-only (-ish) event for the music, sound, and event technology industry. It’s an annual gathering where manufacturers, ...

Steinway and Sons (New York) has announced the latest addition to their Special Collection range of grand pianos – Skyline. This is something quite new, as it enables the customer to in effect “design ...

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 NOVUS NV5 is the latest hybrid piano from Kawai Japan. It joins the award-winning NOVUS NV10 in the catalogue. And in simple terms, the NV5 is the “upright”, and the NV10 the “grand”. Front and ...

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 ...

In 2009 the Alexander piano was, arguably, the largest piano in the world. It was build by Adrian Mann in a friend’s farm shed in Dunedin, New Zealand. Incredibly Mann was just 20 when he completed ...

A team at Sony’s Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL), headed by Dr. Shinichi Furuya, has made some remarkable discoveries while using an exoskeleton robot ...

Every January the musical instrument world descends on California for the annual Winter NAMM exhibition. It is the most important showcase for the latest music products. This year the event is not ...

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 ...