As a classically trained pianist, Phyllis Chen knew her way around a grand piano from a young age. But then she saw her first toy piano -- and life took on a whole new dimension. Toy pianos are ...

A “Toy Piano Project” sounds like something perhaps involving Fisher-Price and whimsical local circuit-bender Dr. Moonstien, particularly when I mention that a Speak & Spell was involved. Instead, ...

When I first visited Phyllis Chen‘s Queens apartment it slightly resembled the lab of a mad scientist, if you were to replace the bubbling beakers with toppling toy pianos. At times several of the ...

For modern composers, toy pianos are more than just child’s play. Toy pianos have been manufactured since the late 1800s, when a German toymaker started a business in Philadelphia. But in 1948, ...

As a classically trained pianist, Phyllis Chen knew her way around a grand piano from a young age. But then she saw her first toy piano – and life took on a whole new dimension. Toy pianos are ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. To perform on a toy piano, Chen sits on the floor, Schroeder-of-’Peanuts ...

, the toy piano is no toy, but "serious" isn't the right word to describe her concert at on Thursday. She's a serious musician, a classically trained pianist adept in traditional repertoire, and she's ...

Schultz is a freelance writer. Pianist Phyllis Chen worried when she asked Andre Watts, her mentor at Indiana University in Bloomington, if she could use toy pianos for one of her doctoral recitals.

The sound of a toy piano may conjure the magic and innocence of childhood: You see toy pianos in playrooms, not concert halls. But John Cage wrote a suite for toy pianos in 1948. In 2001, a toy piano ...

Scott Paulson knows toy pianos can make a difference. Because of the Toy Piano Festival he founded at UC San Diego in 2000, the Library of Congress issued a subject heading and call number for toy ...