https://www.pianotraditions.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/5c6b550f-558a-41c8-a000-fafb5253690e/IMG_2067.jpeg https://www.pianotraditions.com/about daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/07e23762-cde6-4a01-8135-a3b667d45348/IMG_2046.jpeg https://www.pianotraditions.com/old-home daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/edfe5a64-3466-4ebd-a3ae-294f7a7f435b/IMG_3629.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/54fee9d8-bf64-4ae3-9532-18bdedc6a539/IMG_2047.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/3c4f23be-7d1a-47f4-8726-bc97acc19921/IMG_4030.jpeg https://www.pianotraditions.com/tuning daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/3c4f23be-7d1a-47f4-8726-bc97acc19921/IMG_4030.jpeg https://www.pianotraditions.com/regulation daily 0.75 2026-03-19 https://www.pianotraditions.com/fun-photos daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/0118df6c-91d6-43b5-b8a4-9b0fd95d0e2e/IMG_2957.jpeg Piano Art You can't do piano work without having a lot of extra spare parts. This. is a Christmas tree created from old Steinway grand piano whippens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/ddbc4c6b-72b0-4bfe-8b45-66e7d3aa939f/IMG_3868.jpeg Piano Art For those time conscious technicians, there's nothing like a clock - graduated hammer sizes and a piece of soundboard in the middle. This photo was used as the cover for a recent Piano Technicians Journal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/02c2b49f-314e-42a3-9586-6b70f675909e/IMG_2651.jpeg Piano Art This was created for one of my equestrian clients and made from a Steinway whippens, hammers, knuckles, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/0eeddec5-5a21-4566-9fdf-a63113c57ece/IMG_2660.jpeg Piano Art As a musician, I couldn't forget to include a conductor made of hammers and action parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/d0311af5-e614-4e5a-8074-3ee14bb4c7c7/IMG_2667.jpeg Piano Art This was for my daughter and her soon-to-be husband. They are sitting together on a black key bench with their arms around each other and their dog next to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/10db9d5a-9e17-4bd6-a7ca-6cc989a0cfbb/IMG_2701.jpeg Piano Art And of course, there is my neurosurgeon son-in-law. The operating table is sitting on an upright. pedal spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/d84c0049-8835-4c2a-bc53-b63e67d37a23/IMG_2728.jpeg Piano Art For my daughter, son-in-law and my grandson who like to hike in the mountains. The bodies are made from upright piano parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/20348987-d4c8-470f-972a-9ced1fb7fead/IMG_2714.jpeg Piano Art The whole menagerie before I gave them all away! https://www.pianotraditions.com/reviews daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://www.pianotraditions.com/new-page daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://www.pianotraditions.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/a7a6da14-b8a0-4e17-aeae-e2b2c5272916/IMG_2184.png https://www.pianotraditions.com/old-pianos daily 0.75 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/8adf9005-d9a5-431f-b3ec-38e50b7f9938/IMG_5569.jpeg Old Pianos Isn't this beautiful! It is a Mannsfeldt & Notini built in Dresden sometime in the late 1800's. It has been in the same family since new. If I only had room for it, I would jump at the chance to have it. My recommendation to the owners is to pass it down a few more generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/7a16bdf1-536d-4281-a2b8-84aff19a0fc7/IMG_5565.jpeg Old Pianos Here is the nameplate for Mannsfeldt & Notini. I could find very little about this builder other than they existed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/69e2614a-63c0-4a26-8624-cfe7c917927d/IMG_4213.jpeg Old Pianos This is an 1880's John J. Deacock piano that unfortunately went to the dump. It is really quite nice but the pin block was worn out and it couldn't be tuned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/20ef0a19-7921-4f4e-a948-c5f390441261/IMG_4212.jpeg Old Pianos Here's the action of the John J. Deacock piano. What is interesting here is that this is an example of a "birdcage" action. You can see the metal stickers that control the dampers which are above the hammers rather than below them as is the case with modern pianos. It's a bear to tune even if it were in good shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/066b3c9a-218a-4210-a479-ae0247f6e31e/2644425028392786280.jpeg Old Pianos This is the fall board from the Deacock piano which would typically show who built it but instead says "Iron Frame Check Action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/62410a0d-2285-4c36-b872-2cb281618002/5026263194845658633.jpeg Old Pianos Again, the Dearcock piano. I love how they built the music rack into the top of the piano where you could fold it out to hold the music. This also gives you some idea of the inlay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/aceb35b6-8132-473b-b0de-0ce8334c2421/IMG_4126.jpeg Old Pianos This is a very old Weber grand player piano that is still in good shape and still works. You have to take the front piece off to change the player roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/61794f51-529f-4da4-a7d6-781eae5942e6/IMG_4116.jpeg Old Pianos The complexity of the mechanism is amazing on this Weber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/6f76f757-5293-4345-a610-00b5be2cf265/IMG_3912.jpeg Old Pianos This is an old Ivers and Pond piano from the 1800's that the family says was brought to California by covered wagon. Unfortunately, the piano wasn't taken care of well and the family didn't want to spend the money to restore it. It would have been a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/8b4e351d-47df-43ce-bd9e-75546d6f09fb/IMG_3914.jpeg Old Pianos The case of the Ivers and Pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/4008f54e-61cf-449a-895e-c8d637b41040/IMG_4321.jpeg Old Pianos This morning I had the joy of tuning an 1898 Erard from Paris. It is a very special piano as you will see from subsequent photos. Erard pianos, founded in 1777 by Sebastien Erard, pioneered some of the most important innovations in piano construction. The double-escapement system was invented by Erard and is the default for grand pianos today. It allows one to repeat notes quickly. They were one of the first to incorporate metal frames to allow for heavier strings. Franz Liszt and Chopin both played Erard pianos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/9e7f1467-e5da-4074-b8c2-8204ee33ba88/IMG_4315.jpeg Old Pianos Look at the workmanship on the case. It is a true work of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/bf5baf6b-0e57-427a-bdba-be69a71cbfab/IMG_4318.jpeg Old Pianos The ornate music rack on the Erard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/8cecb664-1eef-4e64-8190-c8783ccb3580/IMG_4320.jpeg Old Pianos There are a number of things to note in this photo of the Erard. First, you can see that it is straight-strung. Modern pianos are cross-strung to make room for longer strings in shorter cases. Then note that the dampers damp the strings from below rather than from the top as modern pianos do. https://www.pianotraditions.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/3c4f23be-7d1a-47f4-8726-bc97acc19921/IMG_4030.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/680825facde74271fc6a818a/3d812702-1714-44f4-975a-15acb70e812f/IMG_3629.jpeg