piano
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Adelaide, born in 1790, is also a historical figure: In 1807 she became John’s piano student, and soon after they married.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Both parents were musical - his father played drums and his mother played piano - but Fenton chose the electric guitar as his instrument at the age of seven.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I keep a piano because finally, finally, finally, I’m going to learn to play the piano.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
A musical prodigy turned small-town piano teacher confronts a figure out of her past and revisits her memories of a performing career gone wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It’s funny they put a bad piano on the radio.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
How seriously to take the historical existence of cat pianos, according to the authors, is an open question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One got in touch to invite Jimmy to see one of Sinatra's old pianos.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
When he played the piano, he shared how he had lost two much-loved pianos when his house burnt down in the LA fires earlier this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
A cousin to self-playing player pianos, photoplayers automatically play music read out of perforated piano rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
Union soldiers hacked pianos, tore apart featherbeds, rifled through drawers and diaries.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Music - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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