It’s hard to believe, but in 1872 there were 171 piano manufacturers in New York City alone. The piano had gone from conversational furniture piece for the rich, to a necessary component of the ...

Today, Sept. 21, pianist Geoffrey Burleson performs a recital in Ashburnham on an 1877 Erard grand piano from the Frederick Collection of historic pianos. It is part of the Collection’s recital series ...

Pianos, for decades, enjoyed a central place in the lives of American families and organizations. But if you were going to try to sell your piano now, you'd be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Pianos ...

Oddly enough, the best antidote to winter’s bitter dregs might be a 19th-century outcast’s desolate wanderings through a frozen night. Three Pianos, a loosey-goosey adaptation of Schubert’s bleak ...