Cast your mind back a few years and you may recall a time when TV manufacturers were telling us that curved displays were the next big thing. Obviously, it didn’t last long - see also: ‘3D TVs’ - but for a short time it felt like, if your TV wasn’t bendy, you were off the technological pace.
Whether the evolution of curved pianos will follow a similar trajectory remains to be seen, but the audience at Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall got a taste of what the future could look and sound like last night when a curved piano was used for a recital.
