WHEN CLINT MAEDGEN, alto saxophonist for the legendary New Orleans ensemble the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is in the market for a new instrument, he doesn’t necessarily visit a music store. Instead, ...

Behold the Sax-A-Boom. This garish beauty is a toy instrument resembling a saxophone, apparently first released in 1998, with eight buttons and a speaker, with each button triggering a synthesised ...

On Mon., Jan. 19, Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley and the Feel Good Tour will be receiving a significant donation ...

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 ...

It’s a big show of little keys! An evening of music created for teeny-tiny pianos will plink its way onto a Boerum Hill stage this month. The Uncaged Toy Piano festival, at Roulette on Dec. 13, will ...

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, ...

A tuneful trio called the Wackids is tearing up YouTube with their toy instrument covers of classic jams. Watch some of their tiny takes on Rage Against The Machine, Metallica and AC/DC below! The ...

“Walk This Way” took on a whole new vibe Wednesday night as Aerosmith joined Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show house band the Roots to re-imagine the song with children’s instruments. Fourteen ...

Personally, I kind of like Idina Menzel and Jimmy Fallon’s all toy remix version of Frozen’s “Let it Go” better than her Oscar performance. https://gizmodo ...