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Photo by Nick Krug. Enlarge photo. Twelve-year-old Luther Fuller, a pianist who is blind, navigates his way around a grand piano that he will soon practice on during a tour of Murphy Hall, Monday, July 2, 2012. Fuller spent part of the day with...

The most influential legendary pianists, as voted by modern day masters of the instrument. multi page 10. Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) Who was he? An Austrian pianist who specialised in core German composers and made the first complete recording...

Mobile Music Touch is a novel treatment for people who have lost sensation in their hands from a spinal cord injury. Not only does it have therapeutic benefits, but it also teaches people to play the piano in the process. Developed by Tanya Markow...

Back in the 1930s, Boyd Lee Dunlop taught himself to play music on a broken piano left out on the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. Only half the keys worked. He also taught his little brother Frank to play the drums while they were growing up. Frankie Dunlop...

Consider them keys to the city: Anyone who gets a sudden itch to tickle the ivories will be able to play free public pianos in 50 places throughout New York City, from the Coney Island boardwalk to the Metropolitan Museum. An art installation touring...

St. Paul, Minn. — Call it random quirkiness or a moment of spontaneous community, but on the streets of St. Paul it's the summer of the upright piano. Twenty artistically decorated pianos have been placed around the city, to lend a little music to the streets...