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Movers dropped Angela Hewitt’s Fazioli concert grand piano — the only one of its kind in the world — as they were taking it out of a studio, the pianist announced this week. She said it was ...

Pianist Jeanina Quezada is getting used to playing a donated Bösendorfer grand piano from Harvey Mudd College at a rented home in Pasadena on Monday, April 28, 2025 after her Altadena home and ...

In pursuit of higher education, a piano is sacrificed. Jan. 27, 2011— -- Over the past couple of days a baby grand piano, parked on a sliver of a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay, launched a ...

The basic idea is to drastically reduce the weight of a grand piano from around 450 kg (990 lb) to 82 kg (180 lb) using a mix of traditional and advanced materials.