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Which toy pianos are best? Who said that the elegance of a grand piano was only for adults? These days, parents want to teach their children how to play music at a much younger age, and many want to ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

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 ...

Phyllis Chen knew her way around a grand piano from a young age as she is a classically trained pianist. Phyllis Chen knew her way around a grand piano from a young age as she is a classically trained ...

It started as a call for help. On an otherwise ordinary day in 1999, University of California San Diego’s Geisel Library lost its help-desk service bell. Fortunately, library exhibits and events ...

If, like me, you grew up watching Charlie Brown cartoons on TV, then you may have also got your very first taste of classical music from the virtuoso hands of a certain blond-haired, ...