The days they pass so quickly now. That reminds me of words from a John Denver song. Exactly twelve months ago I was boarding a Qantas jet to commence my Churchill Fellowship and I used the words from the song “Today” in my travel blog and now I am thinking of the...
Piano Tuning
Treble too dull?
I have seen this situation a couple of times with the same small grand. The piano is an entry level 150cm grand made by a respected manufacturer, that's five feet long in the old language, and the owners say to me that the treble and high treble is weak in sound. The...
Service?
A piano is a complex instrument and most piano owners do not understand the working mechanism of such. There are a few pianists with knowledge of how the piano works and have an understanding of the maintenance required for their instrument, however the...
If only pianos could talk
" You want to do what"? asked my Manager. "Leave a career in banking to tune pianos?" He wasn't the only one to ask this question. Why would I want to leave a stable and respected career and go and work on pianos? "Electronic organs are the popular instrument. Pianos...