Dealing with Broken Pianos

 
Here are two sites to help: 
http://www.amadeuspianos.com/faq.htm#faq12
 http://www.balaams-ass.com/piano/chap-4.htm


It was neat to read some of the information from these sites.  For example, I never would have guessed that the best pianos were manufactured from 1920 to 1960.  Now, in the last couple of decades, the quality has mounted significantly.  

A peak in the life of a tuner:

Cut out the noise:

I tuned recently in a nice home. The folks there were not noisy because of rebellious teen agers, nor because of fighting New Joisey oldly weds (for noise, they is the woist). This home had a cockatoo that screamed a flat E all the way through the tuning, the lady of the house tried to vacuum the house in C# while I tuned, and the daughter turned on musical cartoons while I was trying to do the treble.

World's Largest Piano

Twice the size of a modern concert grand.
19 feet long.
85% built from recycled materials.

I'm impressed.

Dvorak's Largo - Again

I went to the Piano Guys channel to find out what they've put out lately.... and guess what?
 I can't get enough of the Piano Guys.  Maybe someday I'll buy their stuff...?

Oh yes! Dvorak's Largo with Hymn Lyrics

It was meant to be: sweet words for this sweet classical melody.  So many hymns are thus set, and how amazing they are!



Dvorak's Largo -  Goin' Home
This has been added to dear daughter's lullaby playlist!  
And by this I discovered Sissel... how lovely she sings!

I'm BACK!

It's been an intense few months, so it took two very special inspirations to restart my blogging.  First, a former student (moved to another teacher when I  moved to VA) performed and I wanted to share it:

On the Chopin Block

My darling husband is always sending me sweet messages through any and all media.  And he sends funny ones to make me smile, too! :)

Listening...

The exquisite Tampa Oratorio Society is performing this choral work by Faure in March, so I decided to go listen.  Quite amazing!

Hymn Conceptions by Daniel Joiner

By a friend from USF School of Music

"Hymn Conceptions" presents the timeless hymns of the Christian tradition in a variety of new musical settings for solo piano, including Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Irish, Bossa Nova, and Classical.

Genre: Spiritual: Instrumental Gospel

Something I Like on Facebook!

How and Where to Look for a Piano, Part 2

I wanted to follow up my previous post with sharing this website:

piano adoption.com  

Thanks to Music Matters Blog for posting this!