The instrument had a brand-new hammer and damper mechanism, two keyboards and a range of four octaves (49 keys). Poet and journalist Scipione Maffei described it in 1711 as a ‘gravicembalo col piano, ...

Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is ...

Real users weigh in on how major electric piano and keyboard brands stack up -- based on feel, sound, and whether they’re ...

The piano, short for pianoforte, is a keyboard instrument made up of 52 white keys and 36 black keys. As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the ...

He wondered if anyone had ever tried to convert a player piano into a full MIDI instrument ... A series of pipes leading to each key translate these small holes into notes. Replicating this ...

Your full-sized mechanical ... This monstrosity of a keyboard types entire words instead of individual letters, boasting a staggering 1,020 keys – and yes, it's just as impractical as it sounds.

The CT-201, along with the rest of the Casiotone line, was eventually discontinued, and for decades the Casiotone name was ...