THE tiny Chinese island of Gulangyu, a few minutes ferry ride from the Eastern port city of Xiamen, has long been known to music lovers for having the highest number of pianos per capita in China.

Who knows how many thousands of sturdy musical instruments emanated out of the growing complex of buildings that stood imposingly for 136 years at the intersection of Broad and Philadelphia streets in ...

Imagine trying to sell cars never having driven one. Then imagine running the auto dealership for five decades, and still not driving. In a way, that’s Sonny Wittkopp’s career in a nutshell. Fifty ...

WHEN recently in Paris I was shown—I believe at the pianoforte factory of M. Herz—a piano with appliances for producing prolonged sounds like those of an organ, which appeared to me to be based on ...

DERBY — It’s amazing what you can find on eBay. Take this for example: A 125-year-old organ made by the long-defunct Sterling Organ/Piano Co. And you can own this unusual piece of Derby history to the ...

Toward the end of the Great Depression, then 7-year-old Evelyn Rudenick began teaching herself something that would bring her and her family great happiness when they needed it most: playing piano.

The new part of the museum will face the sea and have a full glass wall in its front side, through which people can view the front side of the huge pipe organ from outside. "I am eager to play that ...

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Mary Anne Tupa has rarely skipped a beat in six decades of playing piano and organ during Sunday Mass at Grand Forks' Holy Family Catholic Church. The only time Tupa, 94, has taken a break from ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Hancock International Airport has two new features in its passenger terminal — a top-of-the-line, $200,000 concert piano and an $80,000 organ. And it’s looking for volunteers ...

MONSON - Pianist Michael-Thomas Gilman will present a benefit piano recital on Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. to help with the ongoing restoration of the First Church of Monson, which sustained major damage in the ...