With 88 keys and hundreds of internal strings, a standard piano produces a slew of unique sounds and tones. And mastering that complex system doesn’t only result in beautiful music — a new study says ...

From my very first months, my parents knew something was wrong with my vision. I was cross-eyed, but the pediatrician told them to wait to see if I would outgrow the condition. When my eyes remained ...

Marc Yu, a 9-year-old piano prodigy from Pasadena, Calif., recently played at a benefit for victims of the earthquake in Sichuan, China. And he didn't play "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." He played a piece ...

Josephine Loewenstein, 89, reckons the secret to keeping young is to play the piano for two hours every day. Better get practising… An 89-year-old widow swears the secret to her long-lasting youth is ...

Here’s a harsh piano lesson: Years of tickling the ivories go only so far for those who want to sight-read sheet music fluently, a new study suggests. Aside from those painstaking hours of practice, a ...