At first glance, this might seem like quite an odd title for an article, but actually self-playing pianos, to coin another phrase, are not such an unusual or outlandish idea. Imagine being able to ...

Nature makes music—the wind, the waves, the rain, the rustle of leaves, the creak and complaint of trees. The human impulse to transform these sounds into something that might be called Automatic Art ...

The history of The Aeolian Hall is probably one of the most difficult articles I have written. Difficult because the building has long been demolished and no living person seems to know who built it ...

Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire is one of the few remaining fragments of England’s original fenland. A place loved by naturalists for generations, it was Victorian botanists and entomologists who led the ...

Convinced they are rearing the Artur Rubinsteins or Peter Duchins of tomorrow—or at least children who will grow up to enjoy making music—U.S. parents are buying a record number of pianos. In 1966, ...

Conductor Franz Waxman raised his baton, and the orchestra sailed into the opening bars of Stravinsky’s piano concerto. Then he gave the nod for the first piano passage, and the piano came right in on ...

The idea of yachting usually conjures up images of men in blue blazers and white loafers sipping martinis aboard their swanky vessels saying things like, “Oh cabin boy, fetch us another round, won’t ...

A funeral home that housed a 10,000-pound antique organ for nearly 80 years is being torn down to make way for a new Windsor Fire and Rescue Services headquarters. Demolition began last week at the ...

British watch brand Christopher Ward has unveiled the C65 Dune Aeolian Collection, its first release this year and a launch that infuses modern twists to the classic field watch. Inspired by the ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Clark Bryan bought the ...

Play these notes starting on C and you're playing the C major scale (also known as the Ionian mode – the 'first' mode). Start on D and you're playing the second mode (D Dorian, as it happens). By the ...