The prestigious, 45-year-old summer music camp is in the midst of an ambitious renovation that includes new practice and performance facilities.
Sarasota Opera has been awarded a $41,000 grant from the T.T. and W.F. Chao Foundation to purchase four new upright pianos.
Oversized crowbars bend wood for a piano’s rim. Circular sanders smooth rough edges on costly Sitka spruce soundboards. Hammers and chisels notch a bridge to allow piano strings to vibrate freely. For ...
Making a grand piano is part physics, part carpentry and part devotion. At the Steinway & Sons factory in Hamburg, where each instrument takes close to a year to complete, you see how vibration ...