Acoustic Piano Reviews Digital & Software Piano Reviews Accessory Reviews
Review: Bluetooth Page-Turning Pedals for Pianists
I write this review from the firsthand experience of a classical pianist who, since 2012, has been performing using a combination of iPad apps and Bluetooth pedals in solo, concerto, and chamber music settings. For this article, I reviewed five models of Bluetooth page-turning devices from three different companies.
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.
Ode to Joy: The Korg KDM-3
Digital Metronome
As the market has shifted from mechanical to digital metronomes, the forms they’ve taken have been many. Frankly, most are terrible. However, the battery-powered Korg KDM-3 is a better metronome because it combines more of the features a pianist wants, it works intuitively, and it’s attractively designed.
MIDI Apps for the Technology-Equipped Piano
Going Where No Piano Has Gone Before!
Deeply meaningful—even transformative—customer experiences are available when technology-equipped pianos are connected by MIDI to intelligent, interactive apps running on a mobile device or laptop computer.
