On a Major League baseball diamond, the distance between the bases is 90 feet, but on a Little League diamond, it’s 60 feet. The distance between the pitching mound and home plate is 60 feet, six inches for Major Leaguers, but only 46 feet for Little...
The piano is something I’m convinced almost anyone can pick up on. In fact, according to a survey by the ABRSM, over 34% of adults in the U.K currently play the piano. Why is this the case? Because as perhaps one of the simplest skills to pick up, it can open...
The brain-training is big business. For companies like BrainHQ, Luminosity, and Cogmed, it's actually a multimillion dollar business that is expected to surpass $3 billion by 2020. But, do the actually benefit your brain? Research doesn't believe...
On July 15 - 16th, the National Piano Foundation launched it's first ever "Keyboards in the Classroom" workshop in Reston, Virginia. With the help our partners, National Association for Music Education, Jordan Kitt's Music, Alfred Music, Hal Leonard...
At first glance, she was elderly and delicate – a woman in her 90s with a declining memory. But then she sat down at the piano to play. “Everybody in the room was totally startled,” says Eleanor Selfridge-Field, who researches music and symbols...
Photographer: Chris Payne. Out near Laguardia Airport, in Queens, is the Steinway piano factory. It smells like sawdust and lacquer. Some 1,500 pianos leave this factory every year. And Wally Boot plays every single one. “I've been here for 52 years,”...