Piano Phone

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in, there’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin. Ring up a song it’s the piano phone, ring up this phone tonight. Well we’re all in the mood for a melody, and you’ve got us …

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Wrist Mounted Finger Piano

Now you can really play jazz when you do your “jazz fingers”. The Japanese Wrist-Mounted Finger Piano literally puts a musical instrument at your fingertips. Get those fingers moving and play; each finger plays a different note plus there’s three more on the wrist unit. That’s a full octave (or so I’ve …

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Electronic Piano Finger Musical Gloves

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Get those jazz fingers moving with Electronic Piano Gloves that turn any surface into a piano. The gloves attach to a small speaker (with volume control) and come in four sizes. Each finger plays a different note and you can set the tones and background music. Buy it for $24.99 from ...

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Piano with a Pop-Up LCD TV

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The Mediano piano from Germany’s Craftline Ltd. looks just like a standard white upright piano. But a press of the button reveals it’s hidden secret that pops up from within the inner workings: Not so surprising that there’s a flatscreen LCD TV in there if you had actually read the title of ...

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Airpiano Doesn’t Have Any Keys

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If this looks like some sort of bizarre futuristic instrument that you play without touching it that’s probably because it IS a bizarre futuristic instrument that is played from afar. The Airpiano has more in common with the theremin than the piano but it does make piano-like sounds. It uses a series of ...

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Turntable Shaped Like a Piano

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The turntable might be a slightly outdated method of playing your music (insert audiophile rant about higher quality analog sound here) so most record players being created these days are for the high end market. The Horo WJE168 is no exception. Each of these custom built turntables sells for over $40,000 and is ...

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Lady Gaga Goes Big with a 20 Foot Tall Piano

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Lady Gaga performed recently for the Queen of England at the Royal Variety Show and she went a little over the top. Literally over the top. She wore an Elizabethian inspired red leather dress with a 20 foot long train and played atop a 20 foot tall piano. The bench is actually a ...

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Working Piano Stairs Attract Attention

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The video above shows what happens when a staircase is converted into a working piano where each step is a different piano key that makes a sound when you step on it. Surprisingly stair usage (compared to the usage of the escalator right next to the flight of stairs) increased significantly- by ...

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