(WYTV)- Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is its ...

Range Almost every modern piano has 88 keys, giving the instrument a range of seven octaves plus a minor third, from A0 to C8. Older pianos often have fewer keys. How to play When you press one of the ...

88 keys, 88 shades of musical bliss: described as the ‘king of instruments’ by Franz Liszt, the piano enchants with its sonic prowess and possibilities. It occupies a special place in the classical ...