Performances in N.Y.C. Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. Phyllis Chen, a trained pianist, ...

Building a MIDI device is always a great microcontroller project, and nearly everyone has an old toy keyboard lying around in the back of a closet or in the basement. [JenShen] decided to take one of ...

Aaron Rosenberg is 51 and still playing with toys. He does it so well that organizers recently invited the music department adjunct faculty member perform his “The Crail Family, 1910” composition at ...

The Peanuts cartoon character Schroeder liked to bang out Beethoven a toy piano. Now, thanks to this hack from [Liam Lacey], Schroeder can switch to Skrillex. That’s because [Liam] built a polyphonic ...

The Toy-Con Piano is one of the Toy-Con kits featured in the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit 01. The Toy-Con Piano comes with a Switch game that allows you to make custom music using the keys of the piano.

Paul Smith is the co-artistic director of the group Blush Opera, which sometimes produces concerts and events featuring toy pianos. A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical ...