For this Holiday season, we figured that rather than giving Facebook and Google our marketing dollars, we'd give them to our beloved friends, family, and customers, for helping us get the word out about Family Piano Co in general and/or our Big Holiday Sale!Instant...
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Trick and Treat 2023: Yamaha Digital Piano Giveaway
As a TREAT for all of our friends, we have an 88-key Yamaha Clavinova digital piano with weighted keys that we're giving away on Halloween!In terms of TRICKS — couldn't we all use some new tricks up our sleeve for spicing up our practice routine? Or some...
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How to Get Rid of a Piano: Selling, Donating & Removal
You might be surprised to learn it's a challenge figuring out how to get rid of a piano. While it may seem like...
The Spinet Piano: Is It Really That Bad?
We think the spinet piano gets a lot of undeserved hate. Sure, some were made cheap. And its indirect blow action is...
American Piano Brands: What Happened?
When it comes to piano manufacturing worldwide, American piano brands have surely made their mark. Although all...
History of the Self Playing Piano
It may be surprising to hear that the history of the self playing piano (also known as a player piano) goes back to...
Wendy Carlos: Electronic Music Trailblazer & LGBTQ Icon
Influential Grammy winner. Electronic music pioneer. Composer of some of the most memorable film soundtracks of all...
Why Are Pianos So Expensive?
Most acoustic pianos made for homes cost around $600 - $20,000. While that's far from the most expensive $3 million...
Reviews
Kawai GL10 Review: Best Baby Grand Piano?
Disclosure: this Kawai GL-10 Review was written by a Kawai dealer. Still, the opinions are genuine and come from a...
Kawai vs Steinway: Common Myths Debunked
A Kawai vs Steinway comparison isn't exactly apples to apples, but we do think putting them head-to-head exposes some...
Hailun Pianos (Brand Highlight)
The Hailun Piano Company is famous for manufacturing high-quality pianos. What isn't as well known is that over the...
Spotlights
Learning Piano is Great for Humans – and Robots!
I'm constantly advocating piano lessons for all sorts of people, young and old, experienced and novice. But I had a...
Are Acoustic Pianos Green & Sustainable?
We love our planet! We're really weary of greenwashing -- otherwise known as lying -- so we're admittedly quiet in...
Remembering Mark MacLeod
I'd like to take a moment to remember Mark MacLeod, who started Family Piano Co with my mom Alice Alviani in 2006....
Announcements
Holiday Sale 2023: Share & Save Promotion
For this Holiday season, we figured that rather than giving Facebook and Google our marketing dollars, we'd give them...
Trick and Treat 2023: Yamaha Digital Piano Giveaway
As a TREAT for all of our friends, we have an 88-key Yamaha Clavinova digital piano with weighted keys that we're...
A Warm Welcome to Our New Neighbors, Arize Beyond!
We'd like to now officially wish a warm welcome to Arize Beyond's School of Music -- Waukegan's newest place for music...