February 2020

Building Your Music Wish List

The holidays have come and gone so quickly, and now we’ve started a new year and even a whole new decade. We enjoyed our holidays and hope you did too! When I was a little girl, I loved to make a new list every year of a few things I wanted for Christmas. I also made […]

Yoga and Music

“And on an exhalation, step backwards into a downward dog,” my favorite yoga teacher says as I step back towards the edge of my mat. My back aches from all the sitting I’ve been doing at school. It feels good to stretch out my body. As a class, we move and breathe together until we […]

Practice Pro Tip: Using the Metronome

Looking for a way to improve your piano practice? Here’s this week’s pro tip for you: use the metronome more often! Sometimes the metronome seems so annoying to practice with. Why listen to endless beeping when we’re trying to play beautiful music? Metronomes actually have a few benefits to them, and that is why we […]

Piano Practice vs. Piano Performance

When many people start off, they treat piano practice and piano performance the same way: we run through the piece trying to hit all the notes and rhythms. While there is a place for this, we can make a clearer distinction between our regular practice and our performance mindset. Performance can be improved the same […]

Overcoming Obstacles in Piano Practice

Sometimes students feel, validly, that they simply cannot practice. This can be for a number of reasons. Not having time is a huge one. Others are losing books or being apart from our home piano. Overcoming obstacles like this can seem impossible! But you might have more options than you think when it comes to […]

10% off Valentines Day Sale!

Give the wonderful gift of music during our 10% Valentines Day Sale! All Vintage and Refurbished Grand Pianos are 10% off now through Valentines Day! 10% off Valentines Day Sale on All Vintage Grand Pianos 1885 Knabe Grand “Wilderness” By the Award Winning Artist Paul George This piano is truly one-of-a-kind. Award-winning artist Paul George […]

1870’s Mathushek Piano Restoration

We are so proud of this 1870’s Mathushek Piano Restoration. Beautiful paneling- showing off the action going on in the piano. The pedals are original, the legs are amazing, and the piano is beautifully refinished. We put in brand new keys, brand new hammers and dampers, it was restrung, and the plate was refinished as […]

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