Taking a shortcut through a Capitol Hill alley last month, Amy Moore was both amused and crestfallen to come across an old upright piano pushed up against a brick wall with the sign “Free Piano.” “I ...

Pianos, for decades, enjoyed a central place in the lives of American families and organizations. But if you were going to try to sell your piano now, you'd be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Pianos ...

Kenneth Rexrode’s mother is a pianist, but he never had any real interest in playing an instrument. After being strongly nudged to try the piano and trombone when he was younger, he was finally “set ...

I inherited this antique upright piano marked “R. Gors and Kallmann, Kaiserl. U. Konigl. Hoflieferanten, Berlin.” I believe it dates from approximately 1913 or 1914. The black finish was polished but ...

With a focus and patience he honed remodeling historic homes and learning woodworking beside the Amish in Pennsylvania, Foglia painstakingly dismantles old pianos as well as other broken-down ...

When officials at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library approached artist Violet Jaffe with the opportunity to turn an old piano into a work of public art, her mind went to her grandfather, who died ...

Sure, you’re a good Pacific Northwesterner because you recycle your beer cans, cardboard boxes and plastic milk jugs. But what about that dust-collecting piano you have long wanted to unload? It doesn ...

All around Old Town Square in Fort Collins, Colorado, people can can find art, galleries and sculptures. The artwork is easy to see, and even easier to hear. “It’s very, very active,” said Liz Good, ...