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Why do pianos have 88 keys?

How many keys does a standard piano have? It’s 88 – here’s why...

Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger play a piano duet at St Pancras station in London

Lang Lang stuns London train station with impromptu piano duet with wife Gina Alice

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Pianist Karim Kamar is joined by an unexpected, pocket-sized duet partner...

Classical pianist plays impromptu duet with playful toddler in middle of train station

‘Invalid piano’ played by bedridden invalids is the bizarre invention of the day

Pianos for bedridden musicians were real inventions from the 1930s

Tony Ann turns the iPhone alarm into a sweeping soundscape

That jarring iPhone alarm tone has been turned into a sweeping piano fantasia

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Lang Lang astonished by 94-year-old pianist’s ‘powerful’ concerto at Glasgow station

Lang Lang astonished by 94-year-old pianist’s ‘powerful’ concerto at Glasgow station

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The inside of a cello

Mystical interiors of musical instruments revealed in artist’s striking photography

Frederic Chopin’s ‘Happy Birthday’?

What if Frédéric Chopin had written ‘Happy Birthday’?

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Alisa Bushuieva performed at the Liverpool ONE shopping centre this morning

13-year-old Ukrainian refugee plays poignantly on public piano, one year since the war began

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13-year-old blind pianist stuns Lang Lang with a brilliant performance of Chopin’s Nocturne in B flat minor.

Blind 13-year-old pianist’s stunning Chopin nocturne performance leaves Lang Lang speechless

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New TV piano talent show judged by Lang Lang to be hosted by Claudia Winkleman

What is The Piano, the TV talent show judged by Lang Lang at train stations, and when is it on?

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Four musicians on a street piano

Four virtuoso pianists astonish passersby with epic boogie-woogie improvisation

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Kateryna is now studying at Clifton College during the week, and the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior programme on Saturdays.

12-year-old Ukrainian refugee lands a place studying piano at the Junior Royal Academy of Music

Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan at airport piano

Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan in spontaneous airport piano duet

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9-year-old girl plays 'Titanic' theme in South Africa shopping mall

9-year-old pianist scores duet deal after viral shopping centre video

What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’?

What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’, and does Michelle Williams really play the piano?

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Xiaole the piano playing robot

Watch the piano-playing robot developed by leading AI lab that can also read human emotions

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