Jerry tunes pianos at Pianodisc

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Jerry says, "I've tuned some bad pianos before, but these are the worst."

Bob Proul tuned this piano before me. On the service record, note the gap between the last two tunings: 1972 to 1991. On the last tuning, he said that it had been so long that he needed to "soak the keys." He took the keys home and soaked them in who knows what. 

This label was inside a customer's piano. The idea of a piano dealer/recording studio evokes an era long past. 

A really ancient keyboard chart. 

Singer's piano car up for auction

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HoustonChronicle.com - Police nab piano-playing burglar

"Sept. 28, 2006, 1:11PM

Police nab piano-playing burglar
Reuters News Service

AMSTERDAM, Netherands - A burglar who broke into a house in the Dutch town of Tiel on Wednesday night could not resist playing the piano he found there after ransacking the living room, police said Thursday.

Unfortunately for the 20-year-old thief, his music woke the owner of the house, who called the police.

'The owner didn't register whether the playing was any good or not. He was more worried about the state of his house,' a police spokesman said."

Iran News - Iranian artist: No support for piano production

LONDON, October 12 (IranMania) - Iranian music teacher Hamidreza Rezaii complained over the lack of official support for the mass production of his invention, a quarter-note piano, MNA reported.
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Building a Profitable Piano Tuning and Repair Business

A guy selling a course in how to succeed as a piano technician.

icWales - Mystery man has no name, age or nationality

AN alleged burglar, dubbed "the new piano man", has baffled police who have been unable to work out the man's name, age, nationality, or even his language...

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These are imitation ivory heads from www.webpiano.com. I got these on eBay but you can order them directly from their website. They sell them in different lengths and colors. These six cost me $4.50 (including shipping) and they are good enough for average repairs.