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I’m convinced that an acoustic piano holds an intimate beauty and ability to transform atmospheres and uplift individuals.

How can I tell how old my piano is? Each piano is given a serial number at “birth.” It’s usually located somewhere in the tuning pin area...

Our music rooms, whether large concert halls or smaller spaces in the home, can help or hinder our performance.

For this article, I reviewed five models of Bluetooth page-turning devices from three different companies.

Institutional pianos will require more frequent service by technicians with special skills, and greater attention to climate control.

A piano may look large and imposing, but there is a great deal inside it that is delicate, and sensitive to both use and environmental...

Anyone whose piano has been damaged knows the inconvenience of having to deal with getting its damaged finish repaired.

For most people, finding a career is difficult enough; finding one they can fall in love with is even harder.

The Korg KDM-3 is a better metronome because it combines more of the features a pianist wants.

Not all problems with piano tone are best solved by voicing the instrument—it may be your room that needs voicing.

Rebuilding a piano is a large, time-consuming project that can take almost as much time as the construction of a new instrument.

The purpose of this article is to explain the proper care of the three most common piano finishes today: satin, high gloss, and open pore.

To the uninitiated, tuning a piano may seem a simple, straightforward procedure, but it isn’t.

This article describes the different types of benches, lamps, and other accessories available for pianos.

The purpose of this article is to provide information about tone and voicing, and to define some commonly used terms.

Regulation and voicing require a combination of painstaking technical adjustments and artistic considerations.

While pianos are abnormally heavy, with thousands of moving parts, they are also fragile. So what are your options?

As long as pianos continue to be built, nontraditional materials will have a place in their construction.

In this article, several well-respected piano restorers explain their approaches to restoration.