2013-08-10 16:00
No, I didn't have to play this jewel of a piano.But it's not beyond imagination (sadly) that a client would say, "Oh, it will be fine---just do what you can with it. No one will know."… Read More
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2013-01-09 00:08
Well, it's been months since I posted to The Brick Piano. Negligent. Badly negligent. It's not a good thing to ignore your own blog for months.But I can explain. I've taken an odd new (or ma… Read More
2012-07-24 17:54
When we sit down to enjoy our favorite instrument--well, at least it's MY favorite instrument--we usually don't think about all the innovations and changes and technological marvels that hav… Read More
2012-07-20 19:10
So . . . what IS that that makes one piano sound so good, and another (maybe very similar instrument) sound so lifeless and dull?Well, obviously there are tons of variables--the quality of t… Read More
2012-03-29 13:34
This was taped to the door in a recording studio I visited recently. If you like it, you can get a clean copy from the original source.Pretty much sums it up. I'm way behind on practicing.Gu… Read More
2011-12-30 02:37
No music in an entire country?It has happened.Under the Taliban in Afghanistan, a mother could be imprisoned for singing lullabies to her baby. There was no music, no art, no poetry.How did… Read More
2011-12-10 19:28
Every year we have a sale on my sixteen solo piano CDs, and we're doing the same this year. It's an easy 'buy four, get one free' sale, and Priority shipping (in the US) is free, too.Over th… Read More
2011-09-21 19:33
This story is too happy not to share.Buskers who play the piano are, by definition, a hard-working group. The instrument, whether acoustic or electronic, is big and awkward to carry and set… Read More
2011-09-21 19:21
I've always loved the sight of an empty stage, set up and all ready for the musicians to appear. I guess it's just the potential for creativity, the promise (and the hope, of course) that so… Read More
2011-06-03 18:40
The man in the orange/salmon-colored shirt is Johnny Knapp, and he is the 'piano-player's piano player.' He is the role model for us all because he knows a zillion songs (correctly), has an… Read More
2011-05-13 21:36
I sometimes feel about like this piano looks--a bit beat-up and somewhaworse for wear. But I wonder if that's really a bad thing.This big old Mason-Hamlin is in the Youth building at m… Read More
2011-04-17 21:15
Walking through my living room, I caught a glimpse of the late-afternoon light on the curve of our piano, and it really stopped me. I've passed the back of this piano a thousand times, maybe… Read More
2011-04-07 17:48
I guess it's true that 'once an English teacher, always an English teacher.' I can't seem to get away from my love of writing. Years ago, I wrote four books for Writers Digest Press about th… Read More
2011-04-07 17:27
Big Steinway Video A few months ago, I spent some time at the big old, wonderful Steinway that's a fixture of Glenn Memorial Auditorium on the Emory University campus here in Atlanta… Read More
2011-03-27 17:55
Sometimes a photo is really worth quite a few words. This one is the reaction you DO want.And here's the one you DON'T want!Searching for the AHA! moment. Trouble is, the HA moment is… Read More
2011-01-27 19:26
Maybe you read, on the front page of The New York Times, the incredible tale of the mysterious grand piano found on a sandbar in the Miami harbor. It was burned to a crisp. No one knew where… Read More
2010-11-25 00:57
So, 'tis the season, but there don't seem to be many traditional office Christmas parties this year. Probably the economy, and that makes sense to me.In years past I'd play--usually with ban… Read More
2010-10-23 17:06
At a neighborhood reception recently I noticed the family piano, and it made me think of how the piano was once the center of family life. In the old days, families would gather around… Read More
2010-09-22 01:43
So . . . I'm almost ashamed to say that there was a time when I wouldn't have enjoyed playing for a group of senior citizens, (as I did tonight at Clairmont Place in Atlanta.)But times chang… Read More
2010-08-20 20:35
I record a lot, working of the solo piano CDs, but I also play for events. (This photo was from a house concert...and what an enjoyable way to spend an evening!)Seems to me that the li… Read More
2010-08-01 16:34
Now Luke Jerram has brought his "Play Me, I'm Yours" art installations to the streets of New York City. There are 60 pianos scattered around the streets of the city. From reports, they are a… Read More
2010-08-01 16:34
Wandering through Hickory Flat Pottery, a wonderful gallery in the North Georgia mountains . . . . there's a piano that almost becomes part of the art simply by displaying it.I wonder… Read More
2010-08-01 16:33
I've always loved this New Yorker cartoon from years ago. It's been on my office wall for ages.Reminds me of the time, sadly long before ubiquitous digital cameras, when I saw an old upright… Read More
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