Music teacher buys giant piano for his students. KTVB. EAGLE, Idaho -- Justin Neilsen's music class starts the same way everyday -- with a drum circle and a little cowbell.

Penny Marshall died at the age of 75 today. Her work as a director, making films like Big, A League of their Own, and Awakenings, was profoundly genius, as proven in the piano scene.

The Big Piano installed in FAO Schwarz, New York, 2015. Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images. By 1988, the inventor was retailing the interactive sculpture at $3,500 for the one-octave model and ...

The "Big" piano scene includes the songs "Heart and Soul" and "Chopsticks." Penny and Tracy practiced for a total of three hours to learn it. Lee Smalt / The Forum.

The big piano coming to Indy will be six octaves, making it 23 feet long, Clifford said. Here's when you can play the big piano: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday at the Indianapolis Artsgarden at ...

Tom Hanks might have gotten the best actor nomination for his role in the 1988 hit “Big,” but you could argue the 16 foot long, 3 octave piano he discovered in FAO Schwartz stole the show.

To understand Spirio's magic, a brief primer on pianos is in order. Each of the piano's 88 keys acts as a lever. When you push a key, the hidden part of this lever forces a hammer to hit the piano ...

The giant 16ft piano used in Tom Hanks's movie Big has been given to a museum in Philadelphia.. The instrument was used in a memorable scene in the 1988 film, which featured Hanks and Robert ...