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Links For Piano Serial Number/Dates by Broccoli
Here are some links to lists of serial numbers to help you determine the age of your piano. * Bluthner http://webvoice.blogspot.com/bluthner/serial- numbers.htm Bosend...
Estonia Pianos Vs Steinway & Sons by Amanda
Probably a lot of you have, and on the other hand many others haven't heard of the new kid on the block - The Estonia Piano. Andy Quinn Playing an Estonia According to the ...
Old...but not out. by MakeANote
It's going to happen to us all at some stage... we will be left with an old piano, wondering what to do with it! It's one of those things that seems to come up every now and then - what's my...
Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists - The Ebook by Amanda
This is a Project Guntenberg eBook of Harriette Brower's 1915 book Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianist featuring some of the greatest pianist of the earliest 20h century. I fo...
Seeing is Hearing? by MakeANote
It's an amazing instrument - some might argue it's the most pure form of music making. Sounds are created simply by moving your hands through the air - there are no moving parts, no st...
Writing For Piano by Amanda
This is a Guest post by Chip Michael of Interchanging Idioms Since I am not a composer  myself, I found it a most interesting insight on the workings of composing. A couple years a...
Are we having fun yet??!! by MakeANote
I was sent this link to a video that I thought was both appropriate to our site, as well as just being sheer entertaining. We all know that the best way to get people to do something is to make ...
Nice piano...do you play? by MakeANote
There was a very clever joke I heard today: ######################### An amateur photographer was invited to dinner with friends and took along a few pictures to show the hostess. She looked at...
Jamey Aebersold's Free Hand Book by Amanda
Edward Weiss Piano musings blog is always a great place to go and find new and wonderful piano resources. Apparently Jamey Aebersold, the jazz man, but not only has put down in one slim volu...
Learn Bosa Nova From the Pianologists by Amanda
For those of you who are not familiar with the Pianologist , pianologist is in there own words: a blog about innovative piano playing. Pianologist consists of 2 pianists - KCLau and Rewsnat. W...
Solo Piano Radio by Amanda
Edward Weiss from Piano Musings recommended listening to Solopianoradio.com , I had never heard of it before so of course I went over to listen, and as he predicts in his post I did listen for...
Great Piano Playing by Amanda
Words are worthless in the face of this. Source: The Well Tempered Blog
Sickness And Music- Or Rather The Lack Of It. by Broccoli
You know, it's absolutely amazing how wonderful music can be in helping heal the human spirit. The part of this month long illness that really seems to have caused the most problems is the fact...
A long journey; a life. by Broccoli
I remember that when I was in grade 5 I would tidy the kindergarten rooms because they had pianos in them. It was worth the agony of having to pick up after other people, as I hate to tidy after...
Depression and Music by Broccoli
It can be very difficult to suffer through depression.  It can be so difficult that even getting up the oomph to play piano can seem like an insurmountable task. I've just come through a circumstant...
The Mystery Of The Piano In The Woods by Amanda
This is Wierd. A Harwich police officer examines the Baldwin piano discovered on conservation land yesterday . JAKE O'CALLAGHAN Its nearly old news now but its Wierdness earned my attenti...
Mourning with Music by Broccoli
  It's interesting that if I'm sad and having a hard time finding words of my own, that music can offer so much. Even instrumentals with the right chords and the right tempo can bring tears to my...
Escaping the Block by Amanda
What do you do when you are experiencing a creative block while either writing or playing?  I sit in front of the computer and stare at the screen, waiting for it to give me something, anything....
Very Short Interview with Andre Watts by Amanda
I just was just getting into reading the interview with pianist Andre Watts on Indystar.com, when it ended abruptly. Usually in an interview or Q&A there will be at least 8-10 questions, but...
Can You Feel It? by Amanda
ClapClap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap ClapClap Clap Clap Clap. I really enjoyed reading this post on Musical perceptions.
Love Me Or Leave Me by Amanda
Caldonia by redhotjazz1 I thought this was a great way to end the week This video is from Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) staring Doris Day in her peak and James Cagne...
Music For Silent Films by Amanda
This is a little of topic, but since I found the concept so charming and different, I thought I would share it with you. Chris Becker has a project going Along with some Silent film makers (I wasn'...
Sweet Inspiration by Amanda
People always talk about the wonderful teachers they had and how they influenced them in life. They can remember their names, and what they used to say and so on. The first, in fact th...
Eye Candy by Amanda
Isn't this beautiful? Designed by Yves Plattard Via  Monotonous Forest
Can You Hear More Than What You're Playing? by Broccoli
  Its truly a wonderful feeling to create, to play, to do anything musically really. But is it enough for oyur brain to play? Can you feel what you're playing? When you're playing can you "hear" ...
Richard Good With the London Symphony Orchestra by Amanda
I really wish I was in Now, because if I was I would certainly have bought tickets to go and see Richard Goode soloing in MOZART Piano Concerto No 18 with the London Symphony Orchestra. The NY T...
Ron Atkins Doing A Pianist... by Amanda
So what do you think - Does Mr. Bean really Play the Paino? Thanks to  the Collaborative Piano Blog for this Youtube
Gabriela Montero Doing Her Thing by Amanda
Gabriela Montero, one of the lesser known participants in the inaugural quartet, Along with Pearlman and Yo Yo. She is so poised and confident, obviously loves what she does, and ...
Playing a Four Handed Piece Solo by Amanda
I loved this video and performance of Fazil Say - and I suppose that it is the ultimate solution for a live solo performance of a four hand piece. I like the inovation and the performa...
There Will Be Song!!!! by Broccoli
Between the wastelands of Lifetoohectic and Damnedepression lies an oasis of bliss. It can refresh the weary from their journeys between the two hellish deserts. Back and forth the masses go, for wha...
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