[Richard] recently rediscovered some files from a hack he did back in 2004. He was experimenting with exciting piano strings via electromagnetic fields. The idea shares some elements with the self ...

The sound of a piano called "pawn" is created by hitting a string by a part called a hammer. Its principle has been inherited without any change since the early piano was born in the 18th century, but ...

Playing string swapsies on instruments, to find out how it sounds. Ever wondered what would happen if you replaced an essential part of a perfectly fine instrument with something from another? Just ...

You’ve heard of violin strings snapping mid-performance. Now, get ready to watch a grand piano string fly off its pin, like an over-exerted elastic band. The video below, seen over 100,000 times on ...

Every musician has a particular set of tasks and warm-ups before a performance or practice session—oiling the valves, rosining the bow, tuning, long tones, scales, stretches. For Kelly Moran, a ...

Steinway is a well-known name that’s music to a lot of people’s ears in Queens, including Steinway Street, one of the borough ...

A celebration of all things piano and string through chamber music collaborations, performance classes, creative workshops and a closing showcase concert in intimate Thompson Recital Hall! Open to ...

The piano is a bit of an oddball within the string instrument family. Apart from rarely seeing people carry one around on the bus or use its case to discretely conceal a Tommy Gun, the way the strings ...