The Japanese piano company Yamaha has been selling its disklavier player piano for decades. But, in keeping with the times, the latest model of the disklavier has an Internet connection. The New York ...

Way before Spotify, stereos, or even radio, Americans who wanted to listen to music at home had one choice: They could play it themselves. This changed by the 1890s, when a hot new technology arrived: ...

Steinway, the gold standard for pianos, is now offering its year-old Spirio player piano in Chicago—for anyone in the market for a self-playing piano with virtuoso-level quality, minus the virtuoso.

One Minnesota repairman brings musical history back to life. About a decade ago, Nate Otto opened Rum River Restoration in his Anoka garage to bring new life to the player piano. “It’s a piano that ...

URBANA — You may have seen a player piano, but it's unlikely you ever saw one like this. The 1927 piano is a treasure of the University of Illinois Music and Performing Arts Library and has a room of ...

Navy veteran Michael Bryant has spent decades restoring forgotten instruments, but as he retires, his rare skills fade, leaving fewer experts to keep old player pianos alive in town. Molly Gilbert ...

Jon Suder demonstrates how his Steinway Spirio, a souped-up acoustic player piano, works in his Fort Worth home. Marcheta Fornoff / KERA News Jon Suder is one of a dwindling number of Americans who ...