I’ve developed good concert prep kind of skills; regulation, voicing, finding and fixing noise, working under time pressure etc. What I am NOT is a rebuilder. I’ve voiced new hammers from scratch alot, but I really haven’t had much experience installing new hammers. However, considering how many people do it, how hard can it be? […]
HEP Guy
Fixing my piano
Being a piano guy, I have a rather unusual one. A Yamaha CFIIIS 51GX, picked up under special circumstances (completely above board) during the early part of my time at Yamaha. The GX series are experimental and the short lived 51 share a number of very specific technical traits of another company & Sons. It […]
Recital musings
Went to Caramoor to hear my friend Gabriela Montero. Originally scheduled for the Spanish Courtyard, it was moved to the Venetian theater because of rain probability. She played wonderfully but it was not a good setting for a recital and the piano made me think of everything I hate about the Steinway sound. Loud, clangy with […]
Why??
The idea came from a discussion with Don and Sam Bennett of PianoWorks in Atlanta. PianoWorks is a great dealer, Don is a real piano guy and his son Sam is bringing technology to the company in a thoughtful way. The thinking was that there was insight and suggestions that PianGuys have that can help their customers and help […]
Hello world!
Welcome to my Piano Guy blog. Ah, great…just what the world needs, another blog. Well, this has a point beyond personal ego. Perhaps something here will help the dealers I work with, customers or other piano guys and gals.Â