Friday, December 18, 2009

Is this the smallest piano in the world?


The guiness book of world record has many things to show, from the smallest to the biggest objects. I am not sure if the picture you are viewing now on this blog is the smallest piano ever existed. However, the fact that it is small cannot be argued. Indeed it is small, right? but the smallest piano in the world, I doubt it. Just for our eyes to enjoy, see the piano in the picture closely.

Blind Pianists

Source: Wikipedia
The first recorded gospel Sanctified barrelhouse piano player, Arizona Dranes, was blind, as was Ray Charles, one of the most important figures in the creation of soul music. Art Tatum, commonly cited as the greatest jazz pianist of all time, was also blind. Stevie Wonder, who was blind from birth, has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won twenty-two Grammy Awards[13] (the most ever won by a solo artist in history).

Piano Tuning in the Philippines

If you are music minded and don’t have a regular paying job, why not try to serve the piano owners by becoming a piano tuner. Oh, I just keep talking here without explaining what a piano tuner is. Well, a piano tuner is in simple terms, a person who will fix the piano if the latter will go out of tune. The equivalent of a car mechanic, but has his focus on the musical instrument called the piano. A piano tuner in the Philippines can get as much as one thousand pesos, the least, each time a piano is tuned.

Monday, December 7, 2009

The Most Expensive Piano


We are aware that a piano is a good instrument to play at home, but are you aware of how much is the most expensive piano costs? Well, normally, a second hand, will cost less than $1,000 dollars; a new one would probably cost about $2,500 and up, depending on the brand. There is one piano named Alma Tadema Steinway, it was sold in an action in 1988. The auction took place in London. Sterling and Francine Clark in Williamstown, Massachusetts bought it for $1.2 million dollars.I have the feeling that this is the most expensive piano ever sold. ( The picture of the piano is displayed in this article ).