The sound of a toy piano may conjure the magic and innocence of childhood: You see toy pianos in playrooms, not concert halls. But John Cage wrote a suite for toy pianos in 1948. In 2001, a toy piano ...

For modern composers, toy pianos are more than just child’s play. Toy pianos have been manufactured since the late 1800s, when a German toymaker started a business in Philadelphia. But in 1948, ...

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 ...

Paul Smith is the co-artistic director of the group Blush Opera, which sometimes produces concerts and events featuring toy pianos. A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical ...

His feet can’t reach the pedals. And his little fingers sometimes have trouble getting to the proper keys. But if you close your eyes, you’d never know it. Six-year-old Ethan Bortnick is a classical ...

If, like me, you grew up watching Charlie Brown cartoons on TV, then you may have also got your very first taste of classical music from the virtuoso hands of a certain blond-haired, ...