December 2011

1901 Antique Upright Grand piano. O.K. Houck, African ribbon grain mahogany, 100% rebuilt and restored this year, 2011. Full restoration by Steinway & Sons dealer associated technician included complete, closed pore refinishing of case and bench. Installation of 100% new, hard rock maple action parts. 88 new hammerheads. All new German Roslau steel strings. All new Mapes solid copper bass strings. All new French Larouex damper felts. New keycovers. All new Larouex key felts installed throughout. Completely regulated, voiced and tuned twice this year. Meticuously maintained after the 100% restoration this past January. This restoration was done with the same mindset and in the

Hi Steven,  I have an upright piano (Senoma brand I think)  that needs the outside casing repaired.  The legs were broken at one time duing a move, and the outside wood needs to be refinished or restored.  It belonged to my roommate and she passed away last year.  Her children do not want the piano.  I hate to see it trashed, but don't know what else to do with it.  Most of the donation organizations such as Goodwill, will not pick up extra large heavy items like this.  So I feel stuck. I know my roommate was hoping one of her

Gary Grimes recently hosted another concert event at his Altamonte Springs location for young pianists and announcement of PianoBank award winners. I wanted to share just one comment I read from Gary's site that I found  interesting and worth repeating  regarding our children and  the study of music. “Studies have shown that playing a musical instrument, especially piano, raises test scores, makes the brain more efficient, and decreases the likelihood that kids will become involved in undesirable activities.”  Happy Holidays!