Recent media coverage
Austin's classical radio station, KMFA, interviewed Professor Carol Leone early in 2018. Carol talks about her experience with Steinbuhler keyboards at Southern Methodist University. www.kmfa.org/programs/18-staccato/episodes/2823-small-hands-big-keyboards
Kathryn Mientka's January 2018 recitals on a DS5.5® in a Yamaha C7 grand piano in Arizona and Colorado are featured in a story in The Daily Sentinel. https://www.gjsentinel.com/entertainment/going-smaller-pianist-uses-new-keyboard-to-conquer-big-handed/article_6bc91776-f18a-11e7-b8b7-10604b9f6eda.html
A story in the Dallas Morning News featured Professor Carol Leone and the trailblazing role of Southern Methodist University in relation to alternatively sized piano keyboards. Young pianists with not-so-large hands are flocking there to study on the university's DS® keyboards. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/classical-music/2017/12/26/standard-pianos-big-problem-musicians-small-hands-smus-trying-change
Stories about Monique Fournier's recent recital in the Lipnicki piano store in Calgary, Canada, on 3 November 2017:
- In the Calgary Herald: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/first-private-78-piano-set-for-debut-in-calgary
- From CBC Radio: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/small-piano-hands-adapted-keyboard-calgary-musician-1.4386327
Story by Susan Shelley of the Los Angeles Daily News (12 September 2017): http://www.dailynews.com/2017/09/12/piano-keyboards-for-smaller-hands-could-be-a-work-of-genius-susan-shelley/
Article by Dr Carol Leone in International Piano magazine. (January-February 2017). To download a copy, go to: Recent publications.
American pianist Hugh Sung, owner of the website 'A Musical Life', released a podcast about David Steinbuhler and the development of DS keyboards in November 2016. https://amusicallife.com/david-steinbuhler-developer-of-smaller-piano-keyboards/
CBC Radio One in Canada broadcast the story: Right hands, wrong piano: A game-changer for small-handed pianists on 25 October 2016. It covers the early history of DS keyboards and includes illuminating interviews with co-inventors David Steinbuhler and Chris Donison, as well as with Linda Gould, their first customer. You can listen to the podcast here, and view additional information (provided by Kathy Strauch) on more recent developments in relation to alternatively sized keyboards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etvj8w-HSGg
Story in the Wisconsin State Journal about Prof Jess Johnson's event in February 2016:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/music/a-smaller-piano-for-bigger-artistry/article_38b80090-be0f-5050-9862-32c3c36c6930.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
For any media videos, go to the 'Media Stories' playlist on the PASK YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBn-VaaOCGcfrUsklI1GztxTaaGj5sPh
A one page 'Summary for the Media' can be downloaded from here:
Kathryn Mientka's January 2018 recitals on a DS5.5® in a Yamaha C7 grand piano in Arizona and Colorado are featured in a story in The Daily Sentinel. https://www.gjsentinel.com/entertainment/going-smaller-pianist-uses-new-keyboard-to-conquer-big-handed/article_6bc91776-f18a-11e7-b8b7-10604b9f6eda.html
A story in the Dallas Morning News featured Professor Carol Leone and the trailblazing role of Southern Methodist University in relation to alternatively sized piano keyboards. Young pianists with not-so-large hands are flocking there to study on the university's DS® keyboards. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/classical-music/2017/12/26/standard-pianos-big-problem-musicians-small-hands-smus-trying-change
Stories about Monique Fournier's recent recital in the Lipnicki piano store in Calgary, Canada, on 3 November 2017:
- In the Calgary Herald: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/first-private-78-piano-set-for-debut-in-calgary
- From CBC Radio: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/small-piano-hands-adapted-keyboard-calgary-musician-1.4386327
Story by Susan Shelley of the Los Angeles Daily News (12 September 2017): http://www.dailynews.com/2017/09/12/piano-keyboards-for-smaller-hands-could-be-a-work-of-genius-susan-shelley/
Article by Dr Carol Leone in International Piano magazine. (January-February 2017). To download a copy, go to: Recent publications.
American pianist Hugh Sung, owner of the website 'A Musical Life', released a podcast about David Steinbuhler and the development of DS keyboards in November 2016. https://amusicallife.com/david-steinbuhler-developer-of-smaller-piano-keyboards/
CBC Radio One in Canada broadcast the story: Right hands, wrong piano: A game-changer for small-handed pianists on 25 October 2016. It covers the early history of DS keyboards and includes illuminating interviews with co-inventors David Steinbuhler and Chris Donison, as well as with Linda Gould, their first customer. You can listen to the podcast here, and view additional information (provided by Kathy Strauch) on more recent developments in relation to alternatively sized keyboards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etvj8w-HSGg
Story in the Wisconsin State Journal about Prof Jess Johnson's event in February 2016:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/music/a-smaller-piano-for-bigger-artistry/article_38b80090-be0f-5050-9862-32c3c36c6930.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
For any media videos, go to the 'Media Stories' playlist on the PASK YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBn-VaaOCGcfrUsklI1GztxTaaGj5sPh
A one page 'Summary for the Media' can be downloaded from here:
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