Why are pianos painted black?

So most pianos are black because it was easier / cheaper for companies to manufacture them. As a corollary to this topic, it is actually also the same reason why many harpsichord manuals have reversed key colors.

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What are 11 and 13 chords?

The C11 is a C7 with an eleventh (or perfect fourth) added as well as the major ninth. The C13 is a C7 with a major thirteenth (or sixth) added as...

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What is the most beautiful chord progression on piano?

9 Best Piano Chord Progressions [With Examples] I – vi – ii – V. V – ii – vi. I – V – IV – I. I – V – vi – IV. I – IV – V – IV. I – ii – iii – ii –...

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You're unlikely to see a classical piano concert with a piano that is anything but black. One of the reasons is that 95% of all concert pianists are Steinway Artists. Another reason is that black Steinways are the least expensive. A Steinway artist has to have a performing career, agrees to feature the words "Steinway Piano" on his programs, and agrees to exclusively use Steinway pianos in public performances. In exchange for this, Steinway guarantees to make a piano available (for a price) at any concert he plays. To accomplish this, Steinway has its dealers participate in the Concert and Artist program, maintaining a separate inventory of several C&A pianos, and handling maintenance, tuning, pickup and delivery. Now, since black Steinways are the least expensive (see Tim's answer for why), it follows that a dealer will provide only black pianos for concerts. The current list price for "Satin Ebony" is currently $157,379, whereas Mahogany, the cheapest wood finish, is $182,700, so we're not talking about small numbers here.

An exception you might see is this one:

This is Steinway's 500,000th commemorative piano, which sometimes makes the rounds. I got to attend a concert with Ruth Laredo playing it soon after it was made, and it is the only classical piano concert I've ever attended where the piano wasn't black. (In fact, it was a two-piano concert, and the other one was black.) Classical pianists are much less concerned with appearance than they are with tone, so they don't really care what color the piano is for the most part. If a concert pianist fell in love with the tone of a piano that wasn't black, and had the means to be able to ship it to all of his concerts, then maybe you would see a concert on a differently-colored piano. The only ones I can think of who used their own pianos are Horowitz, whose Steinway was black (still is, actually), and Victor Borge and his Bösendorfer, which was also black. In the end, I'd say that the reason that big-time rockers have a lot of different-colored pianos is because they have enough money to buy whatever piano they want and ship it wherever they want.

How much should you practice piano each day?

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How can I learn music online?

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What does Ctrl F8 do?

Ctrl+F8: Performs the Size command when a workbook is not maximized. Alt+F8: Displays the Macro dialog box to create, run, edit, or delete a macro. F9: Calculates all worksheets in all open workbooks. Shift+F9: Calculates the active worksheet.

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In all my years of training I am always stunned that most people don’t even know that there are keys at the top of their keyboard that are called function keys. If you’re a gamer then you probably know the F1 key as Help. This seems to be common across all software. But what about all the rest?

I have put together a list of function key uses. This tip follows on from previous lists of keyboard shortcuts in General, Formatting, Navigation, Data Functions as well as Referencing and Selecting. Some, not all, are useful to learn. Some standalone while others if you combine with Ctrl or Alt or shift or a combination of those keys do more. Have a look.

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When did piano stop using ivory?

In 1990, a global treaty was signed, banning trade in all kinds of rhino or elephant ivory. Pianos with ivory keys are no longer manufactured, but...

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What 3 guitar chords should I learn first?

Guitar chords chart for beginners The first chords to learn on guitar are Em, C, G, and D. Let's get started in “first position” or “open chords.”...

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Can piano hurt your ears?

The extremes of which are piano, meaning “soft” and forte, meaning “loud”. A piece of music played forte on a piano will typically measure around...

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