Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds was in a hotel lobby somewhere in Asia when he first saw a modern version of a player piano. This particular one was tapping out The Beatles' "Yesterday." He ...

David Snyder has spent the last 35 years working with some very notable pianos. He tunes them, repairs them and, when necessary, completely rebuilds them. He even plays the piano, although, admittedly ...

In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...