The State of Piano as Cultural Institution

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The “east river piano” has a twitter account

@EastRiverPiano http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/brooklyn-bridge-piano-mystery-continues-article-1.1853922#bmb=1 Continue reading →

When is a piano not a piano?

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Steingraber’s carbon-fiber soundboard

If this recording is in indeed genuine, then I find the prospect of the carbon-fiber soundboard very exciting … along with whatever else has gone into this instrument. It has the the most Steinway like complexity that I’ve heard. Continue reading →

Yamaha vs. Steinway

While in many ways I would prefer the Steinway demonstrated here, as a tech, I have to stand behind Yamaha as a marvelous instrument too! Continue reading →

Steinway vs. Fazioli

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Steinway vs. Bosendorfer

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Barenboim on Escapist vs. Analytical Listening

“What can music give us and what do we have to do in order to get that?” Continue reading →

Acoustic Revelation: Inside the Una Chorda, the 100kg, 21st Century Piano Built for Nils Frahm

Acoustic Revelation: Inside the Una Chorda, the 100kg, 21st Century Piano Built for Nils Frahm Continue reading →

A New Biography of Beethoven

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