A virtual instrument may approach the quality of the real thing, but in the case of digitally modeled pianos, there are enormous obstacles to creating a truly faithful reproduction. Think of a piano.

You don’t have to be a classical musician to be charmed by Ben Niles’ documentary “Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037.” The film, which follows the yearlong making of a Steinway concert grand, ...

To the many sounds you'd expect to be produced by a forest, consider including this: the sound of the piano. The majestic "red spruce" growing in the Val di Fiemme of Italy's Dolomites has been prized ...

WILLMAR, Minn. — Dennis Benson has tuned pianos for celebrities including Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Crystal Gayle and Wayne Newton prior to their concerts at regional venues. One time, before a ...

In a storage room beneath the stage of the Alberta Bair Theater, Caesar LaMonaca is preparing to tune a 9-foot-long, half-ton instrument, a 1990 Steinway Model D concert grand piano. It is one of two ...

HOQUIAM -- Delwin Fandrich has long occupied what he jokingly calls the lunatic fringe of the piano world. Like all revolutionaries, he's passionate and bull-headed about the slow march of progress, ...

The unusual piano, made in Belgium, will make its debut in Manhattan tonight. It’s more than a foot longer than a Steinway grand. By James Barron James Barron has written a book about the making of a ...

The purple piano traveled more than 4,000 miles from Buena Park to Tampa to Nashville to Paisley Park and was with Prince when he died. Today, the grand piano is still there, sitting on the stage in ...

Traditional piano recitals can often be intimidating for performers and audiences alike. Two California pianists have made it their mission to use outdoor spaces to make them less formal and more ...

Not long after the sad news of Fats Domino‘s death hit yesterday, we put in an interview request for Little Richard. They may have risen out of different scenes and approached their craft a bit ...