This belongs to Marti and Ellis Nuttall (Provo). I’ve taken pictures because they are considering getting fully restored to original new condition. It’ll take about a year, and they’ll have to have it shipped to the Antique Piano Shop, but if they decide to move forward with the job I think it will be totally…
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I’ve been taking an aural tuning class from Keith Kopp at BYU, and I have to say I am so thankful for Keith’s teaching abilities, as well as for having organized this live, in-person, practically one-on-one training (not to mention setting aside his valuable, personal weekend time to teach us! Keith truly has the heart…
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(Here’s a VIDEO of Bob Bailey playing after I tuned his Yamaha C7 today. He said, “I love it!”) (and then my phone died at the very end of this video…that’s why it kind of cuts off. But awesome playing, eh? He does classical too, but is truly a natural at jazz…) It says so…
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It sure feels great when I get to a piano that needs a lot of work, and I can include in my service call a good thorough cleaning. Before: After:
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On Tuesday I went to the Tanner building on BYU campus to work on a Kawai RX-3 (6 foot grand piano) and it was missing one of the pins to the lid hinge. I discovered this when I had a student assist me in lifting the lid so I could tighten the screws. It was…
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Spinet pianos were built between about 1930 (The beginning of the Great Depression) and the 1970s. They typically measure only about 36″ in height and were built with less expensive materials such as plastic, Formica and fiber board so that piano players during the post-Depression era could still enjoy music while remaining on a budget.…
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Had quite a successful and fulfilling day today work-wise. Started out by doing a bass string splice on a 1978 Kimball console (buying a new string would have been twice the price). And it turned out sounding nice without any buzzing, even though the splice is in the speaking length of the string. Check it…
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This is one of the very beautiful pianos on BYU campus. This is how it sounded when I was done. (I got to overhear the dress rehearsal for a minute.)
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Had a great time at the joint UT Valley/SL Valley PTG meeting tonight at Baldassin’s Piano. Guest speaker Dan McElrath presented on the future of piano technology. It was exciting in many ways, especially hearing him say that in spite of all the contributions technology plays, and will continue to play, in the piano world…
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It’s getting there; here’s the tenor strings and bridge before rebuild: Here is the same post-rebuild: More to come!
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