The Definitive Piano Buying Guide

Review: Ant. Petrof

A Professional Pianist’s Perspective

In 2014, Petrof released the first model of its new Ant. Petrof line, named in tribute to the company’s founder, Antonín Petrof. According to Petrof, these pianos are the results of years of development and testing, and represent the top of their line, combining contemporary technological innovation with traditional craftsmanship.

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Pei-Hsin Kao (Fall 2019)

Review: Casio Privia PX-S3000

Every once in a while, an instrument comes along that can be called revolutionary. One way that can happen is that it rewrites the rules for what you can and should expect for the price, and raises competitors’ eyebrows in the bargain. The Casio Privia PX-S3000 is such an instrument.

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STEPHEN FORTNER (Fall 2019)

Portable Audio Recorders, $149–$199:
A Comparison Test

In the past decade, portable audio recorders have proliferated widely among musicians at all levels: professionals, amateurs, teachers, students—even students’ parents. In the $149–$199 price range there’s no perfect audio recorder, but my hours of comparing showed me that each of these five models has unique strengths and weaknesses.

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Owen Lovell (Fall 2019)

Introducing: The Best of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer

Welcome to The Best of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer, a collection of the best and most useful articles we’ve published in the past ten years on buying a new, used, or restored piano or digital piano.

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LARRY FINE