A Piano Used to the Road
A look back at a personal experience with the music room grand now used in “33 Variations.”
View ArticlePianos as Public Art, and the Public’s Playthings
Sixty pianos in very loud colors are coming to the streets of New York City for two weeks. Anyone can play.
View ArticlePiano Alfresco in Queens
Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, with a view of sun-kissed skyscrapers rising over Manhattan, provided a Gershwinesque setting for outdoor piano music.
View ArticleEast Village Pianos and a Hardscrabble Tale
In the East Village, outdoor pianos inspire memories, elicit a fiery performance and offer hope to one recovering from hard times.
View Article‘Got Talent!’ at the Staten Island Ferry
Piano music filled the breezeway at the Staten Island ferry terminal.
View ArticleStreet Pianos Returning, With Reinforcements
After their success last year, pop-up pianos will pop up on the streets of the city again this year, with an extra 28 grands and a little bit of controversy.
View ArticleStreet Piano Vanishes (and With It, Free Fun in the Bronx)
One of 88 pianos placed around the city by the Sing for Hope nonprofit arts group has vanished from Williamsbridge Oval in the Bronx.
View ArticleThe Day the Music Was Carted Away
Turns out the missing Sing for Hope piano in the Bronx -- thought to have been stolen -- was thrown out by the Parks Department.
View ArticleFor Sale: The Practice Piano That Made Van Cliburn Perfect
The acclaimed musician does some reminiscing before his 100-year-old Steinway concert grand is sold off to the highest bidder.
View ArticleAs Time Goes By, What’s This Piano Worth?
It only appeared on film for 70 seconds or so, but the movie happens to be "Casablanca,'' so the piano that was used in a memorable scene could command over $1 million when it is auctioned off.
View ArticleSteinway to Sell Its Famed Showroom Building
The main showroom will stay for up to 18 months, and then be relocated, and the operation for concert pianists will be moved to a site Steinway says will still be near Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
View ArticleA Window Concert in Brooklyn Heights
Metropolitan Diary: A cyclist in Brooklyn Heights discovered a street audience for a piano concert coming from an upstairs window.
View ArticleAn Old Grand Piano Might Have Been Yours for $3,211
The city sold the piano, an out-of-tune Mason & Hamlin Model BB from 1965, for $3,210 in a surplus auction. The buyer gets a bench, too.
View ArticleThe Floor’s Traveling Piano
Metropolitan Diary: An apartment dweller in need of an upright piano found one right on her landing, with a long history in the building.
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