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As the proud owner of a piano, the most important thing you need to do is maintain it. Maintaining your piano can relate to controlling the humidity in the room that you’re keeping it, tuning the piano, or even just cleaning the piano. Either way, it’s important to constantly stay on the ball when …
Steinways are currently and historically some of the best pianos on the market. Recently the company that makes Steinway pianos, Steinway Musical Instruments was sold to John A Paulson of the Hedge fund for 512 million dollars. Here’s a link to the article: Steinway sold
Whether it’s a tiny scratch from your belt or a marker mural from your two year-old, your piano is liable to take some abuse over the years. When it comes to refinishing pianos, we are the people to go to. We have an entire workshop in the back of our showroom where we dedicate our …
So you’ve just become the proud owner of a beautiful, new piano. The key now is to keep it looking, playing, and sounding up to your high standards. A piano can stay with a family for generations if it is continuously and properly maintained. When it comes to tuning, you know who to go to. …
Recently, the USFWS is planning on putting tighter restrictions on the sale of ivory. This link will provide anybody who is curious with all the details. USFWS Ivory Ban Q&A We have mentioned this ivory ban in the piano news section of our blog. Here is a link: Piano News
Forgive the cornyness. I’m no George Carlin. Why was the pianist banging his head against the keys? -He was trying to play by ear. What do you get when you drop a piano on an Army base? -A flat major What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? -A flat …
Vienna piano has been a part of the piano communitry for 32 years. We’ve tuned just about every kind of piano you could possibly imagine. We’ve even tried to tune electric keyboards, but we just got electrocuted (just kidding). You name it, we’ve tuned it. It takes a very perceptive ear to correctly tune a …
Today, we are working on another piano that was damaged by super-storm Sandy. This one is a Steinway Model L with some pretty extensive damage. Here are some pictures of how the piano looks right now. We will continue to update this blog with pictures as we fix it up. As you can see here, …
I was browsing Reddit, and I found this gem. Enjoy!
All this guy needs to do now is make the piano pedals work like car pedals and he is officially the coolest person in the world. Check it out: Piano Van Man
Picking the right piano brand can be tricky sometimes. The seasoned pianist knows which one suits them and fulfills their musical needs, but for those of us just starting out, it can sometimes be difficult to know which one to pick. This blog post maps out the basics of each: Their country of origin and …
We have a blog on here that has a bunch of piano related news stories. I will continue to update that blog, but if you’re interested in an even more complete piano news source, here is a link to the New York Times’ website with pianos selected as the news category. Enjoy!
Remember in Looney Tunes how there would always be a conveniently placed piano hanging from buildings whilst being hoisted into an upstairs residence? Then it would always fall on the character who was dumb enough to mess with Bugs Bunny? Yeah, well at Vienna Piano, we don’t do that. We move pianos with professional experience …
Tuning a piano takes a great deal of care and experience. It involves tweaking the strings and manipulating their tension in an effort to make the pitch of each note sound as it should. A piano tuner uses a number of tools including a tuning hammer, some mutes, and a tuning fork. Thankfully, we live …
In this blog post, I’ve decided to combine my love of film with my love of piano into a list of five of the best piano/pianist related movies ever made. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check some of these movies out, I highly recommend that you do. The plots/characters in combination with the …
You haven’t seen keyboard cat yet?! You’ve got to be kitten me! Keyboard Cat Here’s the link. You’re welcome. Here are some links to other goofy piano related stuff on our site: Piano Jokes Keyboard cat
We are currently living in the digital age. Technology has rapidly progressed and persisted up to this point and gives no signs of slowing down any time soon. Pianos have functioned pretty much the same for over 200 years, but in the 1920’s, the first electric piano was built. The electric piano was the predecessor …
The most important aspect of piano repair is attention to detail. The family piano ties together the living room of any household, and people are walking past it and admiring it every day. Even the smallest nick or scratch will eventually become noticeably unattractive. This is why when it comes to working on pianos, we …
