With their showrooms closed this spring, instrument dealers around the country report surprise at the robust numbers. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim When the coronavirus sequestered Americans at home ...

COURTESY NANCY MASAKI photos Courtesy Nancy Masaki The former Honolulu Symphony's Steinway grand piano was a donation to the organization by an old student of longtime piano teacher Ellen Masaki, who ...

When rocker Jason D. Williams tried to shove a Steinway grand piano off Riverbend's Coca-Cola Stage and into the Tennessee River, he looked like just another nutty rocker. But, even though it was ...

Since the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, more Americans have hunkered down in their homes, cocooning with their families. And sales of electronic equipment, from DVD players to video games systems, have ...

A month before all non-essential businesses were shuttered across the country because of the coronavirus pandemic, Waukegan-based Family Piano owner Alice Alviani felt business was going so well that ...

If piano sales are any indication, the pastime of tickling the ivories is quickly dwindling in the United States. Technology, expense, and the lack of interest among children have caused the decline, ...

A couple of weeks ago, Claire Beaudry stopped at Atlantic Music Center on Wickham Road to get the skinny on the store’s next season of concerts. For Beaudry and her friends, the piano concerts at ...

Pianos are not cheap. The least expensive uprights average around $2,000 as of 2011, depending on the brand name. Smaller electronic keyboards are less-expensive substitutes in some cases. Therefore, ...

Rosie had little choice but to drop weekly piano lessons for her 7-year-old daughter this year. The income she made organizing international travel for Chinese tourists evaporated during the pandemic, ...

The piano has been the staple of family homes for generations, but cultural shifts and the recession have seen sales plunge in the United States. The owners of many piano stores are under pressure as ...

Employees of a piano manufacturing unit in Yingkou, Liaoning province, transport a part of a piano in February 2023. Piano sales in China saw a sharp decline in 2023. YAO JIANFENG/XINHUA Born into a ...