Do you know how a piano works? Sure, you press a key and a hammer strikes a string, but what are the finer points of this operation? The intricacy of the ingenious mechanism is laid bare in ...

RICHARD GINELL’S premise for his article on Horowitz’s piano is ridiculous [“As Barry Bonds, So Mr. Horowitz,” June 18]. A piano mechanism isn’t a fixed universal truth, like mathematics, to which ...

RECORDING WEEK 2025: The upright piano is so much more than a dusty piece of furniture in the corner of your lounge. The average upright contains around 12,000 parts - and 80% of those are moving. It ...

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