Here are links to various texts, photos, graphics and other materials. What is Aftertouch? What is a Duplex Scale? Youtube The Saddest Thing I Know About Integers Complete Piano Service Overview Text Complete Piano Service document Complete Piano Service Notes Complete Piano Service Notes PDF Graphics High End Nice pianos Bad tone Don’t be this […]
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Piano Technician Masterclass
I appreciate the opportunity to present at the March Forward convention held March 18,19,20 2021. The title of the class is How To Think About Voicing. Here are materials related to the course. Screwdrivers Pliers Graphics The Great Steinway Debate String Splicing
Reagan, Gorbachev, Cliburn and me
So this kind letter from someone I did not always see eye to eye with explains most of what is important. What is not spelled out is that Van Cliburn’s performance the next evening was at the state dinner at the White House with President Reagan and, at the time, General Secretary Gorbachev. For one […]
Pianos for sale – always changing
Two of the pianos for sale in my shop/showroom collection have gone on to happy homes recently. The Steinway M found a great home with a very well known TV personality and the Feurich 122 now lives with a wonderful jazz pianist in Queens. But I don’t like having open spaces on the floor and […]
Piano Work as Meditation
Piano work can be a lonely occupation. Yes, one deals with (hopefully) a stream of customers, many of whom can be quite interesting and some of whom become friends. This connecting with individuals with whom one shares (again, hopefully) a common passion is rewarding and inspiring. But the work itself is isolated. In fact many […]
Not all work is work
There was fun as well as work in Chicago. Getting together with a bunch of piano technicians from all over the country is stimulating as well as entertaining. And in Chicago, one can be entertained! East coast as well as west coast is represented here, even some […]