SuperTube

I am trying out the SuperTube lever. It works great on normal to tight pins but I have trouble using it to tune with pins that are on the loose side. The length is a bit much for those. I've always carried a second hammer, so that is no problem. Strut/case clearance is suprisingy good. This is the lever with a 5 degree head and the tip extension. I'm not too sure how I feel about the gold plating though...

A nailset with a plastic cap on each end is ~not~ an acceptable substitute for a pitman!

A poster for the University of Western Ontario piano technology program. 

In my other blog I commented on the "Auto Hitting Done" sticker inside Kohler & Campbell pianos, and how a wag might interpret that as meaning that someone was driving a car into pianos. I told that to Chris, the manager at Larrick Piano, and he told me about a real incident where someone went off the road and drove into a piano store. Read the article here.

Louisiana piano teacher sells piano

Shelley Smith, a former piano teacher who lives in Destrehan, La., recently posted an ad on Craigslist, selling her Baldwin piano "to replace our storage shed and fence." She's been playing piano for 32 years.

"Before Katrina, I would've said it would've been like losing a family member," Smith said. . "But now I have more things to be thankful for than a lot of people."

read the whole article...

This Ludwig upright has an unusual action without the standard backcheck, catcher, or bridle strap. (The bridle strap's function is taken by a rail --- not shown --- that the wippens rest on.)