Jul 2, 2014 | News, Purchasing a Piano, Simple Blog
Just a quick note before the post. I taught Portland Piano Company’s first live “How to REALLY buy a piano” seminar at the shop this last Saturday with the help of our institutional rep. Bill Lewis. I think things went quite well and the plan is to hold one of these...
Jun 24, 2014 | News, Purchasing a Piano, Simple Blog
In this installment (check out previous installments here: part 1, part 2) I want to give you some practical tips and checks that you can use in your piano purchasing quest. I’ll try to keep this not overly technical but the geekish among you can dig deeper or contact...
Jun 4, 2014 | News, Purchasing a Piano, Simple Blog
When I was working full-time in the showrooms of piano shops I would tend to use analogies a lot. I found that for most people buying a piano is typically a once or maybe twice in a lifetime event for the buyer. That being the case, most people know very little about...
May 12, 2014 | News, Purchasing a Piano, Simple Blog
There is nothing quite like a good piano to fill a home with beautiful music. The piano is called the king of instruments for good reason. I don’t think that I have ever known a really top-level musician who did not have some keyboard skills, no matter if they played...
Oct 14, 2013 | News, Purchasing a Piano, Simple Blog
I came across this article in “Psychology Today” the other day and it made me wonder just how many stories similar to this one are out there? Clearly, the woman who wrote this article had extraordinary obstacles to overcome and piano lessons were very beneficial for...