When a Piano Falls in Your Lap: A New Owner's Guide to Used Pianos

When a Piano Falls in Your Lap: A New Owner's Guide to Used Pianos
Author: Sarah Czarnecki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2022-01-07
Genre: House & Home
ISBN:

You have a piano -- and it's been ages since the thing's been tuned. Time to fix it. Whether you're guilty of using your heirloom upright as non-musical furniture or you rescued a beat up baby grand from the curb, your tired old piano deserves proper care and maintenance. That means cleaning, repairing, tuning, and regular upkeep from now on. You could hire a professional piano technician to do it all for you... or you could handle these tasks yourself! We'll start with the basics of piano ID and ownership, then move onto DIY guides to boost your piano parenthood confidence. Learn how to: Select the right piano for you and your musical needs. Move a piano and put it in the perfect location. Maintain your instrument, no matter its condition. Identify the most important elements of any piano. Build and use a customized toolkit. Tune and repair your own piano without fear. Free from bone-dry technical language, When a Piano Falls in Your Lap is the ownership guide you'll wish came with every secondhand piano.

The Piano Book

The Piano Book
Author: Larry Fine
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Brookside Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN:

The Piano Owner's Home Companion

The Piano Owner's Home Companion
Author: Steven R. Snyder
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2006
Genre: Piano
ISBN: 0865345147

A piano technician with over 35 years' experience now unveils the mystery of the piano and shares his secrets. In this simple guide and reference, readers will discover how to protect their investment and save money by doing simple repairs. (Music)

The Piano Book

The Piano Book
Author: Larry Fine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1994
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This bible of the piano marketplace is indispensable to buyers and owners of pianos, amateur and professional players alike. Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of what to look for as they make this major purchase. The Piano Book evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in the United States. There is information on piano moving and storage, inspecting individual new and used pianos, the special market for Steinways, and sales gimmicks to watch out for. An annual supplement, sold separately, lists current prices for more than 2,500 new piano models.

Grand Obsession

Grand Obsession
Author: Perri Knize
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0743276396

Recounts the author's youth as the daughter of a professional musician, her determined efforts to acquire a rare German grand piano, and her struggles to restore the instrument when it arrived badly tone impaired. Reprint.

The Piano Tuner

The Piano Tuner
Author: Daniel Mason
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1400077710

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.