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A few years ago Gibson began introducing some clever new technology to a select few guitars which automatically tuned the instrument and kept it there (seen most recently in the gorgeous Firebird X).
What do French pianist Richard Clayderman, Indian super composer A.R. Rehman and chart-topping American Hard Rock band Guns N’ Roses have in common? The surprising answer traces its roots to a 65-year ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Unlike violinists or trumpeters, piano players rarely get to perform on their own instruments and must be adaptable. By Anthony Tommasini My piano was ...
SALT LAKE CITY — This past summer, the Gina Bachauer Piano Foundation had a piano tuning mystery on its hands. Last May, Kary Billings, executive director of the foundation, installed "Key Changes," ...
Stare at the innards of a piano — especially a concert grand — and you begin to understand why the folks who tune these elegant monsters are often called "piano technicians." A more appropriate term ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — There’s a hole worn through the handle of Blaine Lutz’s black leather case — it stands as a testament to its years of service. It looks like a doctor’s bag but inside are the ...
Oct. 22—ASHLAND — Some tickle the ivories, but Carl Taylor goes much deeper: He tightens the strings. Taylor, 79, spends his retirement from teaching music at Boyd County High School traveling the Tri ...
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 ...