Restoring the 1890 Steinway: A Musical Journey

Repetition Lever On Life While I still wrap my head around the many challenging tuning exercises that I struggle to […]

Embrace the Ambiguity I had a professor whose mantra was, “Embrace the ambiguity.” It paraphrases the vagueness of not knowing

Don’t Beat Around the Bush Our technical session this week focused on replacing the fabric on which the keys ride.

I tried to be a photographer, but I couldn’t focus The week started off strong with professional photographer Michael Ewen

Cleanliness is Next To Godliness Cleaning pianos is a skill reserved for technicians, and thus, we must learn practically and

Clean Jokes Only It makes sense that to properly restore and regulate a piano, it must be clean. With thousands

Johnny 5 Says “No Disassemble” This week’s focus is on cleaning pianos, both upright and grand. Because of proximity and

You Scan Me Right Round In my first post about 3D scanning, I showcased the Chickering pin block; you can

Stringing You Along Is My Forte Today was the first hands-on day in the workshop. I received a quick tutorial

How Did We End Up At the Modern Piano? Like every invention, the piano had many failed starts. I use