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While piano building may be deemed among the most endangered, Yorkshire Pianos owner Adam Cox insists it is by no means a dying art.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Pianos made in the 18th and 19th century were simpler, lighter and smaller than modern instruments, with narrower keys and lighter strings.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

One of them, Christopher Ricci, who was in town for a convention put on by Kawai Pianos, owns a small piano store in Rhode Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Bryce Dessner, one-fifth of the rock band the National, wrote his Concerto for Two Pianos for the tight, persuasive duo Katia and Marielle Labèque, who bring it to Geffen for its New York premiere.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Pianos had to be bundled up, roped and hoisted out of the windows with an enormous pulley on the roof and with much shouting, arm-waving and brass-hatting on the part of the boss mover.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith