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- Jun 26, 2022
- 13 min
How To Make a Piano Room Sound Grand
Our music rooms, whether large concert halls or smaller spaces in the home, can help or hinder our performance.
- Jun 13, 2022
- 6 min
Bluetooth Page-Turning Pedals for Pianists
For this article, I reviewed five models of Bluetooth page-turning devices from three different companies.
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
Piano Maintenance in Institutions
Institutional pianos will require more frequent service by technicians with special skills, and greater attention to climate control.
- May 26, 2022
- 6 min
Caring for Your Piano
A piano may look large and imposing, but there is a great deal inside it that is delicate, and sensitive to both use and environmental...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 9 min
Piano Finishes & Finish Repair
Anyone whose piano has been damaged knows the inconvenience of having to deal with getting its damaged finish repaired.
- Apr 15, 2019
- 12 min
At North Bennet Street School, A Passion for Craft Launches Pitch-Perfect Careers
For most people, finding a career is difficult enough; finding one they can fall in love with is even harder.
- Apr 13, 2019
- 3 min
Ode to Joy: The Korg KDM-3 Digital Metronome
The Korg KDM-3 is a better metronome because it combines more of the features a pianist wants.
- Jun 13, 2018
- 8 min
Ten Ways to Voice a Room
Not all problems with piano tone are best solved by voicing the instrument—it may be your room that needs voicing.
- Jun 8, 2018
- 11 min
Should I Have My Piano Rebuilt?
Rebuilding a piano is a large, time-consuming project that can take almost as much time as the construction of a new instrument.
- Jun 6, 2018
- 5 min
Cleaning and Polishing a Piano's Finish
The purpose of this article is to explain the proper care of the three most common piano finishes today: satin, high gloss, and open pore.
- Sep 13, 2017
- 11 min
Piano Tuning: An Introduction
To the uninitiated, tuning a piano may seem a simple, straightforward procedure, but it isn’t.
- Jun 7, 2015
- 7 min
Benches, Lamps, Accessories, and Problem Solvers
This article describes the different types of benches, lamps, and other accessories available for pianos.
- Apr 15, 2014
- 14 min
Voicing & Tone: What Piano Buyers and Owners Should Know
The purpose of this article is to provide information about tone and voicing, and to define some commonly used terms.
- Oct 15, 2012
- 12 min
Regulation & Voicing: What Buyers of Performance-Quality Pianos Should Know
Regulation and voicing require a combination of painstaking technical adjustments and artistic considerations.
- Apr 15, 2012
- 7 min
Moving the Family Piano
While pianos are abnormally heavy, with thousands of moving parts, they are also fragile. So what are your options?
- Jun 13, 2011
- 13 min
Nontraditional Materials and the Piano
As long as pianos continue to be built, nontraditional materials will have a place in their construction.
- Oct 15, 2010
- 17 min
Three Approaches to Piano Restoration: Conservative, Modern, Innovative
In this article, several well-respected piano restorers explain their approaches to restoration.
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