We Don’t WORK Piano … We PLAY Piano!

A seven-year-old sits down, plods straight through his five-line song three times, and jumps up, shouting “Done!” To his best knowledge, he’s practiced. He forgot a fun element of playing piano: the playing part! Sometimes it seems faster or more fun to simply glide through each piece, but in doing so, we leave true improvement, […]

See a Slo-Mo Video of Upright Piano Action!

Pianos have been around for over 300 years, and when you watch this slo-mo video of an upright action, it’s amazing to think they’ve changed very little in that time-and that was waaay before slo-mo cameras. The piano action is super complex, and you can repeat an upright piano‘s note about 12 times per second. […]

Piano won’t hold a tune?

“My piano won’t hold a tune!” We’ve been told that many times and there are many ways to remedy this! Don’t give up just yet, especially if you love your piano! In many cases, depending on the condition of your piano, we can get the piano to hold a tune again. Sometimes rebuilding the pinblock […]

Why Digital Pianos Just Don’t Rock!

Many digital piano salesmen will say, “Oh yeah, there’s no difference between digital and acoustic pianos. Digital technology has come so far that it’s virtually indistinguishable.” This is garbage. Without a doubt, there are certain advantages with a digital piano: it’s more portable and lighter, you can play with headphones, you can play the flute […]

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