My family and I visited Northwest pianos for the first time for my daughter's new piano. I was a little bit nervous because I never shopped for a piano before. The manager, Cheri was so nice and kind. We ended up spending a few hours at the store. My daughter had a great time trying all the different kind of pianos. I have never seen so many pianos in a one store!
They have everything from affordable pianos and all the way to the most luxury Fazioli and Steinway pianos. My daughter fell in love with the Casio GP510 grand hybrid piano. It really fits our needs at the moment. We are so excited! I highly recommend Northwest pianos for the wide selections and mostly for the great customer service.

According to the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG), seasonal and even daily changes in humidity make a piano's wood parts swell and shrink. That affects tuning stability and how the keys feel.
In July 2026, Stanford reported on a study led by concert pianist Elizabeth Schumann, the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Programs at Stanford, with support from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.
Bonn — the city where Beethoven was born in 1770 — just wrapped up its month-long Beethovenfest, which ran from September 3 to October 3, 2026.
It was a homecoming in more ways than one. The festival's main venue, the Beethovenhalle, reopened in December 2025 after being closed for almost ten years of renovation. This September it was back at the center of the festival, with the London Symphony Orchestra opening the program.