As time went on, he commissioned piano makers to build transposing instruments – pianos with mechanisms enabling the player to shift the keyboard left or right and play in any key without changing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This transposing upright piano was ...

Among the more than 3,000 songs that Irving Berlin wrote was a tune called "I Love a Piano." A lyric from it goes: "I know a fine way to treat a Steinway I love to run my fingers o'er the keys, the ...

Among the more than 3,000 songs that Irving Berlin wrote was a tune called "I Love a Piano." A lyric from it goes: "I know a fine way to treat a Steinway I love to run my fingers o'er the keys, the ...

I’ve been doing some research on the great American songwriter Irving Berlin and something struck me as odd. Several sources claim he never learned to read or write music. While this is certainly ...

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