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.
One of the most exciting shifts in the piano world right now is the rise of battery-powered, portable pianos. Instruments like Roland’s GO:PIANO88 show that full-sized keybeds, high-quality sound engines, and wireless operation can coexist. Roland
Across the U.S., piano sales have taken a nosedive. A recent CBS News article reported that in 2024, only 17,294 pianos were sold — compared to hundreds of thousands in past decades. CBS News The reason isn’t lack of interest in music; it’s economics, cultural change, and preference shifts. Young people are renting, using digital subscriptions, or choosing digital pianos as introductory tools.
In 2025, one of the most fascinating developments in piano technology is happening at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and musical expression. A research team recently introduced PANDORA, a diffusion-based policy learning framework that enables robotic hands to play piano pieces with precision and expressive nuance. The system uses language models to measure stylistic quality and musicality, blending human emotion with algorithmic accuracy. arXiv