Player pianos work via a vacuum, where air is sucked through a few pin points in a piano roll with a bellows. A series of pipes leading to each key translate these small holes into notes.

Best digital pianos 2025: I'm a professional piano and music gear reviewer, and these are my top picks; Essential skills every piano player should know. So if you’re just unboxed your new beginner ...

The former Missoula Marathon piano player may have retired, but the torch has been passed on to a younger generation.

I'm Ed Gordon, and this is NEWS & NOTES. Today we focus on some of the giants in jazz history. From ragtime to modern fusion, jazz music has always relied on one staple instrument: the piano. Gene ...

Truth be told, Dylan is quite a deft piano player, one who possesses a clever rhythmic touch and an innate feel for just what a song needs. Here are five times he tickled the ivories and did his ...

Celebrate old time player Piano Day with Take Note! Discover the history of this unique instrument. ... Tune in for music around the world and timeless stories! Aired 01/23/2025.

In this list, we'll hear from some of the great stride players. Of course, in a five-song list, we can't include all the greats, though we do manage to squeeze six pianists into five songs.

Here is our countdown of the 10 most difficult pieces of piano music in history. Liszt – La Campanella. If we could fill this list with Liszt, we absolutely would.‘La Campanella’, which translates as ...

Born in Cleveland, Robert J. Berkman took piano lessons as a boy and thought that dentistry would provide him with an income while he pursued his passion for music.