Even though some of the larger vertical pianos I have serviced over the years could just about pass as a feature in a "tiny home”...

If you're like me, you'll never forget your first grand piano. I brokered the deal between my boss, who was apprenticing me in piano...

I was shocked when I learned (from my son, of course) that writing film score was mostly done with technology, utilizing vast stores of...

Here's to those of you who accompany soloists ("collaborate with," these days) and other performers in any number, setting, for pay or...

On my early-morning walk of the 22nd, the first day after the winter solstice, 2018, the moon was full and waning in the western sky,...

I get asked a lot how I ever got into this business. And that always evokes a string of wonderful memories of wonderful people. Not the...

In reviewing the most unforgettable tuning moments over the past year, one stands out above all others. It was a prank, I guess; intended...

Reading through a history of Steinway pianos some time ago I ran across a reference to one of my former piano teachers as a Steinway...

Snow days (with kids at home, especially) make us think of movies, right? I won’t speculate on why that is, but let it suffice to say...

Thinking about holiday advertising caused me to remember one “holiday” I’d rather not have lolling around in my memory: the time I was...