You may, perhaps, be familiar with the famous American piano compositions that have been featured in performance theatres, movies and cartoons, even the classical ones. It’s no doubt that songs like, “The Entertainer” and “Rhapsody in Blue” have helped shape the American sound into what
Read more »First, what is a digital piano? Digitals use state of the art digital technology to imitate, both the sound and the feel, of an acoustic piano, basically by replacing the string and other sound producing elements with..well, digital technology. Many digitals today do an
Read more »With the current COVID-19 pandemic running across the globe, we here at Hollywood Piano want to remind everyone to stay safe and understand the importance of keeping your instruments sanitary. Here is our ‘how-to’ video on cleaning your piano’s keys. Cleaning the keys on your
Read more »Hollywood Piano is proud to be the exclusive Southern California representative of one of the most widely praised piano manufacturers on the planet; Steingraeber and Sohne. The only piano company in the world where the 7th generation of the family is, hands on, running the
Read more »DID YOU KNOW..that Hollywood Piano was the largest Petrof piano dealer in North America for ten years straight from the mid 90’s to the mid 2000’s? After many years we will once again be featuring these incredible pianos exclusively for all of Southern California. Because
Read more »Bartolomeo Cristofori became famous as the inventor of the piano. He was born on May 4th, 1655 in Padua. There are hardly any sources that give reliable information about Cristofori’s family, early life, or education. This part of his life remains hidden in mystery. It
Read more »Clavichords and Harpsichords were the dominant keyboard instruments of the early Baroque period. Though pleasant in sound, these instruments were dynamically unable to translate the composer’s work because you could only play at one volume. This also became an issue with ensemble pieces in general
Read more »This week Hollywood Piano is happy to introduce you to our very special guest, Massimo Salotti! Massimo Salotti is a classical pianist and composer from Italy. He obtained his Master in Music very young at the Istituto Musicale “L. Boccherini”, in Lucca, under
Read more »what kind of piano does/did your favorite President own? George Washington (1789 – 1797) owned a Longman & Broderi Harpsichord (Sr. #735) and a Schoen & Vinsen Pianoforte John Adams (1797 – 1801) owned a Currier & Company piano Thomas Jefferson (1801 – 1809)
Read more »Art is medicative. For as long as we can remember, humanity has used music as a tool for the expression of our emotive sides. It also has the great power of tapping into a listener’s feelings to ease anxiety. Of course this doesn’t seem too
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