In 2008, British artist Luke Jerram installed 15 pianos on the streets of Birmingham, UK, for the city's Fierce Festival. Each carried a simple instruction: "Play Me, I'm Yours."
According to the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG), seasonal and even daily changes in humidity make a piano's wood parts swell and shrink. That affects tuning stability and how the keys feel.
In July 2026, Stanford reported on a study led by concert pianist Elizabeth Schumann, the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Programs at Stanford, with support from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.