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Part TWO: Guess what happened on the way to my El Cerrito Piano Studio? (Video)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I’m no country bumpkin, but as I departed Bart’s El Cerrito Del Norte station, I felt like one. Last week I ran into a turkey, most likely separated from the pack. And as it daintily climbed up the steps of … Continue reading →

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Piano Technician Call Back: Please fix these notes! (Before and After Video)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Growing up in New York City, I had a memorable, rotund tuner named Buchbaum, who talked my ear off while tuning a Sohmer upright. Consequently, he left the piano with “beating” octaves, thirds, and sixths. In so may words, the … Continue reading →

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Assessing a piano prior to purchase

Posted on March 14, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

This can be an iffy universe, depending on whom is hired to do the new or used piano evaluation. I had one negative experience, paying a tech who basically had a commercial tie to the seller, who was himself a … Continue reading →

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Windex on ivory keys: Did it remove the gray spots?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

There was definitely an improvement after Mark scrubbed the whites and even the black key OFFENDERS with Windex. I don’t believe, however, that the gray will ever be totally removed because it had become ingrained into the keys by its … Continue reading →

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My Baldwin grand piano gets its first diagnostic, tune-up, and regulation

Posted on March 13, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

It sounds like I’m talking about a used car. For Mark Schecter, Registered piano technician it might as well be. He emphasizes that the piano has thousands of parts that must work harmoniously to make playing a smooth and pleasurable … Continue reading →

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Piano Maintenance Teaser: Graying ivories and a squeaky note

Posted on March 13, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

This is a video preview of what will follow later today when several uploads related to my Baldwin piano’s weekend “regulation” are lined up on You Tube. As a start, one of the problems plaguing my recently acquired Hamilton grand … Continue reading →

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Treading on hallowed ground: the challenge of maintaining fine pianos after a personal tragedy

Posted on November 5, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I kept this controversial blog topic in my back pocket for safe keeping until a close friend fired off an e-mail with a link to a recent movie review of Pianomania: From IMDB: “Pianomania follows Stefan Knüpfer, a piano tuner … Continue reading →

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York’s World War II Musical Memoir (Video)

Posted on January 6, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

York had shown me burns on his arms that he’d sustained in Hiroshima following the US attack. The blisters sprang up rapidly on the afternoon he’d been dispatched to the scene. I had always surmised that York’s deeply embedded scars were from piano strings ”poppin’”on him. But one morning he told me the indelible … Continue reading →

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York’s tweezers, soundboard steel, hammer stem saw etc.

Posted on December 31, 2010 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

York’s wood saw used to trim hammer stems and pedal rods. A string of keys from the piano tuning supply house. From Left to Right–Yellow dust cloth;Wurlitzer Duraphonic Radial soundboard; Soundboard Steel to mount a dust cloth for cleaning under … Continue reading →

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Patricia Frederick’s text is provided in full where it had some missing parts in the Fritz Blog.

Posted on December 27, 2010 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Due to margin mechanics problems, part of Patricia Frederick’s text was missing in today’s blog on the Fritz piano, so here are the entire paragraphs which have relevance to the discussion. Patricia Frederick http://www.frederickcollection.org/ “What I particularly like about Viennese actions such as … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: piano technician

Part TWO: Guess what happened on the way to my El Cerrito Piano Studio? (Video)

Piano Technician Call Back: Please fix these notes! (Before and After Video)

Assessing a piano prior to purchase

Windex on ivory keys: Did it remove the gray spots?

My Baldwin grand piano gets its first diagnostic, tune-up, and regulation

Piano Maintenance Teaser: Graying ivories and a squeaky note

Treading on hallowed ground: the challenge of maintaining fine pianos after a personal tragedy

York’s World War II Musical Memoir (Video)

York’s tweezers, soundboard steel, hammer stem saw etc.

Patricia Frederick’s text is provided in full where it had some missing parts in the Fritz Blog.

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