Ebony and Ivory (piano duo)

This article is about the piano duo, Ebony and Ivory. For the piano keys, see Piano.
Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick playing piano, using one hand each.

Ebony and Ivory was the name given to two elderly women in New Jersey, one white and one black, who played classical piano together. Both had experienced a stroke in 1982 and become partially disabled. Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick were introduced to each other the following year and began playing piano together, one hand each. A reporter covering their story dubbed them Ebony and Ivory after the 1982 hit song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.