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Busy month…Vienna in September

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Eric

This has been a crazy month. I’ve been traveling every weekend. Made a whirlwind trip to Europe, flew into and out of Munich for a trip to Vienna with a dealer. Left warm sunshine for clammy rainy Europe. Well, I … Continue reading →

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Is there any more annoying person than…

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Eric

..Lou Dobbs? What a pompous, irrelevant windbag. I’m more a Larry Kudlow man myself.

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PianoWorld Saves the Industry

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Eric

There have been a number of threads on PianoWorld focused on the perceived ills of the industry and how to fix them. A number of the posters seem to think that manufacturers are idiots, with no marketing skills or sense … Continue reading →

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Rules to live by.

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Eric

Always, (always) close your punching box.

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They do things differently in Europe

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Eric

I visited Berlin this spring, on my way to Vienna. While there I visited a small technician based Bosendorfer dealer in the former Eastern section. These guys have had the high level tech training typical of Europe trade crafts, studying … Continue reading →

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Greatest Music Festival in the World!

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Eric

The Newport Music Festival in Newport RI is the best festival in the world, at least in my opinion. I’ve been going there for close to 30 years, first as a Bosendorfer technician, then as Yamaha Artist Services Director, now … Continue reading →

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Great music…

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Eric

I don’t think there is a piano in it, but TS, this is my blog. Schoenbergs Gurre-Lieder is some spectacularly beautiful music. If you are a romantic and don’t think you like the atonal stuff, then give this a listen. … Continue reading →

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Christmas in July?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Eric

You could also say this is in the “my eyes were bigger than my stomach” category. I got tool obsessed while at the PTG convention in Kansas City and ordered a bunch of stuff from both Schaff and PianoTek. I’ve … Continue reading →

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hammer replacement

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Eric

I’ve developed good concert prep kind of skills; regulation, voicing, finding and fixing noise, working under time pressure etc. What I am NOT is a rebuilder. I’ve voiced new hammers from scratch alot, but I really haven’t had much experience … Continue reading →

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Fixing my piano

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Eric

Being a piano guy, I have a rather unusual one. A Yamaha CFIIIS 51GX, picked up under special circumstances (completely above board) during the early part of my time at Yamaha. The GX series are experimental and the short lived … Continue reading →

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