Have you ever wondered how a piano got to be so loud? I didn't. But I do now! Well I guess you could say I KNOW now how. BUT, the mysteries of physics run deeper than our current popular science has revealed. So deep are the physics of the piano, that I cannot BEAR to throw one away!

From thence comes my philosophy: Whenever possible, save the piano. I always say "50% of life is maintenance."  Ask my wife. Things like doing the dishes. Saving pianos. Same thing really. Nothing has any meaning if not done conscientiously.

Installing new bass strings.

I am also restoring a 1909 B. Shoninger Upright for New York City Theatre and Media, a performance space in the Bronx.  You can find out more about it at http://nycititheatreandmedia.com/

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Piano Technicians Guild

There is a crazy guy named Colin Huggins who stores spinets around the city and drags them single-handedly into subways to play! I'll never forget the first time I stepped out of the train and immediately was overcome by the unmistakeablevibrations of the piano, the real accoustic piano, wafting across the platform.