Posted: 3/6/16 at 5:46pm
When I watched the preview performances of waitress I noticed there was a baby grand piano. How many shows currently use a real piano on their orchestrations.
Posted: 3/6/16 at 6:58pm
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Posted: 3/6/16 at 7:54pm
Clyde, thank you for the answer! Which ones?
Posted: 3/6/16 at 9:27pm
PThespian said: "I Beautiful, Fun Home and School of Rock (acoustic and electric) all use pianos onstage. "
That's not what I was referring to, but okay.
Posted: 3/6/16 at 9:50pm
An American in Paris and Chicago (two pianos) are the only ones I know of. Beautiful may have one onstage, but it's actually a keyboard being played from the pit. Wicked uses a hybrid piano, meaning it looks and feels like a real piano, and arguably is one I guess, but it's actually a keyboard and has the ability to produce different sounds, use headphones, etc., just like any keyboard.
I think that's it, although of course I could be missing one. But it's definitely a rarity!
Updated On: 3/6/16 at 09:50 PM
Posted: 3/6/16 at 9:59pm
Aladdin also has a hybrid piano, much like the one at Wicked, except that it's a baby grand! Possibly the only grand piano in a Broadway pit?
Posted: 3/6/16 at 10:06pm
Ah, didn't know that one! Good to see you here, Ming! 
Posted: 3/6/16 at 10:15pm
Do either of you twi know if the piano in the waitress preview videos in a baby grand hybrid or just a regular baby grand?
Posted: 3/6/16 at 10:20pm
No, that's a regular baby grand since they're just in a rehearsal studio.
Posted: 3/6/16 at 10:22pm
(Doesn't mean they won't use one in the show, although they probably won't. But since they're in a rehearsal space and not the theatre yet, they're just using the piano that's there for now.)
