Steinway Pianos: Over 150 Years In The Making
The piano is easily the world’s most popular and easily identifiable musical instrument. It has been used extensively in classical and jazz music and is slowly creeping into other music genres. There are two main basic piano types, upright and grand. The frame and strings of the grand piano are horizontal unlike the vertical orientation in upright pianos. The popularity of this instrument is such that toy versions have been made. Digital keyboard and piano apps are modern reinventions of this instrument. Almost every new professional piano has 88 keys (36 black keys and 52 white keys). They are also equipped with foot pedals just like a car. They are there to create different sound effects like the delaying the sound of a note. Most pianos in the US come with three pedals while those from Europe come with only two.