Steinway Concert Grand Piano

If nothing else, state Comptroller Peter Franchot's objection to Bowie State University's purchase of 32 new Steinway pianos for the $79 million new performing arts center it will open next year shows the state's top financial watchdog has a tin ear for...

A theater organ that a Lehigh County specialty company built in the 1990s to replicate a rare 1920s console could bring more than a half million dollars when it’s auctioned Feb. 25 as part of the sale of an extraordinary......

A theater organ that a Lehigh County specialty company built in the 1990s to replicate a rare 1920s console brought a whopping price when auctioned recently as part of an extraordinary music and automotive museum. Walker 89-Rank Digitally Sampled Theatre....

The Shockey family prefers to stay in the background when it comes to donating money to worthwhile causes, but they stepped into the spotlight at the request of the Greencastle-Antrim School Board. At Thursday's board meeting held in the high school...

A world renowned piano maker recognized Radford University as an All-Steinway school. "This is a designation that indicates a institute that has 90 to 95 percent or more of their piano inventory as being Steinways," said Al Wojtera, Chair of the...

Some of the area’s best young musicians will perform in the October series of Tuesday noon recitals at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., Johnstown. The programs begin at 12:05 p.m. and are followed at 12:30 by a light lunch. Parag...

Thumbs up to the roughly 60 volunteers who have stepped up to deliver meals to homebound seniors through the Meals on Wheels Program in Washington County, which recently was reinstated after an eight-month hiatus. Many of the seniors who benefit from...

An otherwise harmonious Board of Public Works meeting hit a dissonant note Wednesday when Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot objected to a $553,264 purchase of 32 Steinway-designed pianos for a performing arts center scheduled to open next year at...

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Salt Creek Music Teachers Association proudly presents a musical event unlike any other. “Glorious Grands,” will feature eight grand pianos being played by 250 pianists, …...

Duo piano teams, with two pianists at separate pianos, is a lost art, having languished out of sight for about a half-century. That may be changing if Jack Lantz and Kemp Smeal’s Sunday afternoon program at the La Cañada Presbyterian Church...

This year is the 200th anniversary of the births of Chopin and Schumann. Chopin and Schumann, always in that order. The Chopin celebration –- on recordings, at festivals, in special events and even featured on news reports –- has dominated.......