For the most part telling if your keys are ivory or plastic is simple. These below are ivory. Notice how there is a seam between the wide part of the key and the narrow part that goes between the sharps. … Continue reading
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Have you wondered how you clean dust and dirt out from under the strings? There is no vacuum that will pull the dirt up through the strings. It is best to have me do this cleaning but I will show … Continue reading
I have a new way for you to set up an appointment. Just click the Booking Appointment link in the main menu and you will see instructions. Just fill out the form there. Then I send you an email with … Continue reading
Tom and Jerry Piano Tooners, a cartoon from 1932 … Continue reading
Found this picture of a building in China. The Piano House, Located in Huainan City, China, A Hui Provence The building was built for music lovers and acts as a Performance and Practicing place for Music students from the local … Continue reading
There are somewhere around 230 strings in a piano. They range from a speaking length of only 2″ to 7 feet or more. In the low bass there is only one string per note. Then in the upper bass, 2 … Continue reading
This 10 minute video from “How it’s Made” goes to the Mason & Hamlin factory and shows the process. … Continue reading
A short article about measured brain changes among piano tuners. … Continue reading
Strings on a piano break sometimes just as they do on other string instruments. One repair that can be done is to splice the string back together with a tuners knot. This is often a better repair than replacing the … Continue reading