Philadelphia birthed the country’s first piano and also the sousaphone, which was made for a musician who was as popular as Taylor Swift

In the months before the start of the Revolutionary War, John Behrent (also spelled Berent) built the first piano sold ...
Billy Penn

Philly’s musical legacy launched with some of the first American-made instruments

The American-made piano and sousaphone got their start in Philly. From there, musical history continues to be made.
The New York Times

These Keyboard Musicians Are Thinking Beyond the Piano

Performances in N.Y.C. Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. Phyllis Chen, a trained pianist, ...
TechCrunch

TouchKeys Combines Multi-Touch And Keyboards For Musical Magic

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmRYuDOzTqU?feature=player_detailpage] The keyboard was a technological spin on the piano, and in that way really changed the ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Piano Portraits at the Johnson Museum

At the front of the room stood a podium, a piano and a harpsichord. Displayed beside the musical instruments was a 1795 ...