piano
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Roland’s Concept Piano Uses Flying Surround Sound Drone Speakers — Because We All Know How Quiet Those Are
CES isn’t just a chance for companies to debut all the gadgets and devices they’ll be insisting consumers buy throughout the coming year, it’s also a chance to debut concept designs providing a sneak peek at technologies arriving in the decades to come. For Roland, that’s apparently a digital piano that surrounds the performer in…
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Lumi Keys Is a Delightful Way to Learn Piano Basics Without a Piano
For those of us who’ve gone a while without flexing our sheet music-reading muscle, or even for those who are looking to give piano a go for the first time but are limited by space (or budget), Lumi wants to help you learn the basics on a funky illuminated keyboard that gamifies the process. For…
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Guy Hacks Together A Piano From Chopsticks And Other Instruments And It Sounds Great
Video: You don’t need a million dollar Steinway piano to put on a captivating musical performance. You don’t even need a real piano, as Sami Elu proves, by hacking together recycled instruments, materials you’d find at a hardware store and a bunch of unused chopsticks.
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After 300 Years Of Evolution, Has The Piano Reached Acoustic Perfection?
The modern piano evolved rapidly in the first 150 years after its invention, but it is now so good acoustically that it probably won’t change much more in the future.