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 ...

That doesn’t surprise Carol Carlton of Carol Stream, who plans to perform Pachelbel’s Canon on a foot-long toy piano. Even the most fervent fans of pint-size pianos acknowledge that their ranks are ...

LA JOLLA —- Serious pianists will get seriously silly thisweek at UC San Diego’s 11th annual Toy Piano Festival. The free event, conceived of and hosted by UCSD libraryassistant Scott Paulson, will ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. To perform on a toy piano, Chen sits on the floor, Schroeder-of-’Peanuts ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. Phyllis Chen, a trained pianist, ...

When I first visited Phyllis Chen‘s Queens apartment it slightly resembled the lab of a mad scientist, if you were to replace the bubbling beakers with toppling toy pianos. At times several of the ...

, the toy piano is no toy, but "serious" isn't the right word to describe her concert at on Thursday. She's a serious musician, a classically trained pianist adept in traditional repertoire, and she's ...