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 …
Player pianos have come a long way since they were invented in the late 1800s, but I came across an old-school system that merges the old with the new in a really cool way. It turns out the owner is a retired (old school) player piano technician who had his Mason & Hamlin upright with …
I was out and about today and walked by the Covington House, a historic log cabin situated a bit north of downtown Vancouver, WA. Lo and behold, what did I discover when I read the placard in front of the building? That it apparently “housed the first piano in the Oregon Country.” My inner piano …
