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An exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents more than 70 vivid images of American manufacturing, capturing the making of jet engines, pencils, pianos and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

I think people will be very bored with screen time in 20 years, so we will have moved back to fishing, reading books, gardening, playing real guitars and pianos, taking walks, and enjoying family cookouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

A cousin to self-playing player pianos, photoplayers automatically play music read out of perforated piano rolls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

Adam, who has been involved in the restoration and sale of pianos since the 1990s, learned to play the instrument as a child.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama