Maybe you played piano as a kid and then stopped when exams, sports, college, and work swallowed your schedule. Maybe you ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. Phyllis Chen, a trained pianist, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Music has a decades-long history of embracing electronics. Whether we're talking about plugging a guitar into an amplifier or creating full ...

The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

A full restoration addresses every system that affects sound and playability. Each piano requires a tailored scope, but several foundational elements are consistently evaluated. These steps are not ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...