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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 Practising place for Music students from the local College in Huainan City

Post about Brain changes in Piano Tuners

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A short article about measured brain changes among piano tuners.

Piano stairway in Sweden

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By making taking the stairs fun they changed peoples’ behavior

Happy New Year

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The Christmas season is past, and I’m ready for the new year. I will resume work the first week of January. You can set up an appointment by calling me at 255-8213.

The heat is on which dries out the air in your house and makes the piano go flat. You can to keep the humidity constant by running a humidifier during this time of year. There is a special humidity control system that can be added to your piano that will control the humidity more closely.

Angie’s List lists piano tuners as business with the fewest complaints.

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Inside Indiana Business presented this information from Angie’s List:

Indianapolis-based Angie’s List Inc. (Nasdaq: ANGI) says for the seventh consecutive year, home warranty companies topped its list of the “Most Complained-About Companies.” Other “repeat offenders” include Internet service providers, property management companies and phone service providers. Consumers selected piano tuning for the least complained-about category.

Angie’s List Super Service Award

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Ron received the Angie’s List Super Service Award again this year. Only approximately 5% of service companies receive this award. Ron is proud to have received it and thanks those of you who contacted Angie’s List with reports. He said, “I am grateful to be in such a wonderful business with such a great group of customers. I hope I can continue to service pianos for many years to come.”

Piano Buyer Web site

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Are you looking to buy a new piano? I just finished doing some programming work for a new web site PianoBuyer.com which has a wealth of information about buying new pianos. There is a magazine that can be read online. Larry Fine has now taken the pricing data from his Piano Book Supplements and made it available online. My job was to create the searchable database. You can find prices for acoustic pianos in any price range and style. There are almost 3000 piano models listed in this database.

Humid weather affects tuning

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Now that the weather is hot and humid, many pianos have gone sharp. The humidity makes the soundboard swell and push up on the strings. Keeping your air conditioning on and the windows closed during this hot weather will help keep the humidity constant.

Welcome

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This is the beginning of this redesigned web site. This site includes a blog where I can put posts about current news or other information. I hope you find this site useful.