Finding homes for older uprights

Hi Steven,  I have an upright piano (Senoma brand I think)  that needs the outside casing repaired.  The legs were broken at one time duing a move, and the outside wood needs to be refinished or restored.  It belonged to my roommate and she passed away last year.  Her...

Steinway Society of Orlando Recent Event

Gary Grimes recently hosted another concert event at his Altamonte Springs location for young pianists and announcement of PianoBank award winners. I wanted to share just one comment I read from Gary’s site that I found  interesting and worth repeating...

Refurbishing Older Piano

Hi, Looks like the piano is from the early 1900’s ? (see below) they were well madet pianos and still are sometimes worth keeping. Does the piano sound horrible or just out of tune, and do most of the keys at least play? if it just needs tuning and a few...

Refurbishing Older Piano

We have a quite old Story and Clark.  The serial # is 15562? Cosmetically, it needs some work.  I was wondering if the investment to do this is a smart idea or not. My kids love it, but I wanted to be realistic in whether it should be replaced or “fixed”....

Ellen Hamilton Hosts Florida International Piano Competition

22 Pianists   ages 18-32 compete over the course of a week for $40,000 in prizes. A win can also spur future performance opportunities: Korean Yekwon Sunwoo, who won the inaugural competition in 2008, later toured Europe and played at New York’s Carnegie Hall. He...