Often, when speaking to someone about pianos and piano tone, the topic of power comes up. Frequently whether or not a piano has sufficient “power” becomes a de facto determination of whether a piano is acceptable or not. In these situations, the real question is: acceptable for what? If a piano is going to be […]
The piano world
Resinno in NYC
I’ve been working with Justin Elliott, a designer and piano technician in Florida. Justin has designed a set of legs that can be added to any piano. While they are beautiful and exceptionally well made, there is a surprise!! Go visit this video for an idea of what the surprise is. It is one of […]
Big Changes
This high end piano guy has had a lot change in his life lately. First, my retail experience in NYC has run its course. Time to move on. Speaking of moving on, I’m the new North American distributor for Feurich Pianos. This all was put together during a trip to Gunzenhausen Germany and Vienna in […]
Guest Post by a Friend In The Business
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR FUTURE PIANISTS? Recent events at the college level of piano education and performance has brought to my attention an area of great importance, especially in how it affects our future piano teachers and performers. Let me begin with a little background before I state my case. I graduated with a […]
A Whole ‘Nother World
Last fall I learned about a world I knew existed, but one that, well, frightened me. It had its own language, its own sound and worse…its own tools! Yes, I’m speaking about the world of harpsichords and fortepianos! I spent 2 weeks at the J.C. Neupert Company in Bamberg Germany alternately freezing and being humbled […]
Garrick Ohlsson talks about pianos
I spent some time with Garrick Ohlsson recently during his visit to Tanglewood and recorded our discussion of various piano topics. The stepping off point was his own collection of pianos. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5208628″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]