This is from the Piano Technicians Guild: What is a Registered Piano Technician (RPT)? The field of Piano technology is an unregulated trade. Therefore the Piano Technicians Guild has set its own standards of quality for piano technicians. The Guild has two types of members: Registered Piano Technicians and Associates. Associate membership is open to [...]
Here is what the manufacturers say: Steinway & Sons … Unfortunately, no matter how expertly a piano is tuned, atmospheric variations, particularly humidity, and the nature of the piano’s construction constantly conspire to bring it off pitch. Your Steinway piano has been designed and built so that in normal use and under normal conditions it [...]
From the Piano Technicians Guild: … It’s important to note that tuning is only the adjustment of the system of strings and pins that determines the pitch of each string. Your piano also requires a periodic servicing called regulation… What is piano ‘action’ regulation and how does it affect my piano’s performance? Regulation is the [...]
Two pianos of the same make and model, made the same day at the same factory, in just a short time can have very different values resulting from a number of factors. I do not buy and sell pianos and have always thought buying and selling pianos, while at the same time selling piano services, [...]
(click on pictures for a larger view) The Pelican case is solid. The new SAT IV can be ‘tossed’ into almost any type of carrying case ~ without fear of damage from any other tools. The new display is back lighted, and the brightness can be raised or lowered, or turned on or off at [...]
Our Tuning Power: Partial changes: My old tunings contained three partial changes. These new tunings contain only two: 1. The tenor partial change is between G#2(6th partial)/A2 (4th partial) 2.The treble partial change is between A4 (4th partial) /A#4. (fundamental or 1st partial). The use of the 2nd partial (in the mid-range-treble) has been eliminated. [...]
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Joanne Baker, 1923-2004: pianist, teacher, adjudicator, MMTA member The Joanne Baker Piano Scholarship (c/o Linda Robbins, Director of Development, Conservatory of Music, UMKC, 4949 Cherry, KCMO 64110). The Joanne Baker Prize (Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, 138 West Broadway, Suite 220, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101). One of the most beloved and sought-after piano teachers [...]
Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg (Sept.18, 1872 (Bingen, Germany) – Sept. 9, 1955 (Merano, Italy), was a German pianist and teacher. He studied piano with James Kwast and with Clara Schumann at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt. He later became a teacher there (1893–1904) and later at the Cologne Conservatory (1904–1914). From 1923 until his retirement in 1946, [...]
By Joseph A. Herter Both Stojowski and Labunski were consumed with teaching and gained reputations as highly respected and beloved teachers—?abu?ski in Memphis, Nashville and Kansas City and Stojowski in New York during the academic year and on the West Coast in the summer. The saddest thing the two men share in common is that [...]
Dave Buus, Tucson AZ said:
Bob, My wife is deeply pleased with the performance of our Kawai as a direct result of your skills. I just stood near the piano and luxuriated in 'Porgy...(Read more . . . )
Dr. Fred Fox said:
Thank you, Robert. Steinway sounds great! Dr. Fred Fox Green Valley, AZ Listen to Dr. Fred Fox(Read more . . . )
A. Thomas, Vail AZ said:
It never sounded this good!(Read more . . . )
Mary Kaye Masters said:
"My Wurlitzer Spinet NEVER sounded this good!" That's what I told Bob, when I called him a few days after he tuned my piano for the first time. ...(Read more . . . )
Chuck Littau said:
I am not a customer, but a good friend and fellow technician. We are going to miss Bob in Kansas City and Tucson is acquiring one of the best piano...(Read more . . . )
David Gardner said:
When cleaning out a storage area that had been overlooked for over 10 years, I found an old black Yamaha studio piano that my predecessor had apparently put there. ...(Read more . . . )
Ron Steen said:
Bob Conrad has taken care of our 12 pianos here at the Cathedral since 1977 and in all those years, we have never had a problem with his work. He...(Read more . . . )
Ruth R. Blake said:
Bob has tuned and taken care of my two matching Steinway grands for over 30 years. When we moved and I no longer needed one of the grands, he...(Read more . . . )
Ann Marie Scahill said:
I bought my Steinway in 1980, and had some very bad experiences with tuners until I met Bob Conrad. He was recommended to me by the largest Steinway dealer in...(Read more . . . )
Schmitt Music, Overland Park, KS said:
To Whom It May Concern: Robert Conrad has provided exemplary service for Schmitt Music and Jenkins Music for many years. He is very professional. Our company sells the Steinway Family of...(Read more . . . )