One thing that I love about my job is that it is never boring. Case in point: I showed up to a service call a few days ago and lifted the lid of the piano to find an obsolete tuning peg setup. Like any other type of technology, pianos have evolved greatly since their invention …
When I mention to people that one of my specialties as a piano technician is working on modern piano player systems, I often get a quizzical look in response. Most people have heard of player pianos, of course, but still associate them with the player pianos of yore, the ones with paper rolls and vacuum …
Throughout my life as a piano player and my career as a piano technician, I’ve noticed an interesting divide in opinions on player pianos. Some people think they’re the bees’ knees. I mean, a piano that plays itself (and likely does a lot of other stuff like recording and streaming music over the internet) obviously …
This isn’t the actual piano I worked on today, but this 5 1/2 octave Pianola with an old school player system seemed more worthy of its own post. #piano #playerpiano #pianola #musicalinstrument #oldschool via Instagram https://ift.tt/343FBjd I didn’t catch the serial number of this piano, so I’m not sure when it was built, but I’m …
