This Easter holiday, my family and I visited the Isle of Wight for the first time, staying for a week. Our main purpose was fossil hunting (we're all fossil geeks!), but of course, we also explored many lovely places on the island.

Recently, I re-encountered an very old piano, which I sometimes used for teaching students at a school I was working as a peripatetic piano teacher.

Throughout human history, music has been an integral part of every civilization. From singing and drumming to crafting early flutes, humanity's musical journey spans millennia. But when did we first develop a keyboard instrument?