Larry fine piano book 2010

A great addition to the library of professional musicians and amateurs alike. The piano book20072008the piano book 20072008 larry fine 2. Product title freedom efr 39x33mm matte fine duplex. Larry fine is a registered piano technician member of the piano technicians guild. Here is an excerpt from larry fine, the piano book which explains more about this subject. Fine gives lots of advice about the sales process at piano shops, and how to deal with the salespeople on an equal footing.

He also represented a major piano manufacturer for 12 years and spent several years in technical product management. According to larry fines piano book yamaha pianos are in the high performance category with their s series grands, in the better quality consumer grade pianos with their c series grands and japanese built uprights, and in the consumer grade pianos with their gb1, gc1, etc. I enjoyed giving a class in september 2010 in steinway hall for our new york. Noah adams, host of nprs all things considered the piano book is a musthave resource, no matter what kind of music you play, or what kind of piano you own or intend to buy.

I rate it very highly, and consider it as one of the best pianos available out there. Kassman pianos decides to test their guests at a privately held piano event. Larry fines the piano book 4th edition 2001 ranks grands from high to low into five categories based on a survey, category 1 being top notch. Larry fine born 1950 is an american piano technician, consultant, and author. Five london piano makers alastair laurence keyword press 2010 reprinted 2012 dr laurence is a 6thgeneration piano maker, whose family connections go back to the start of the uk piano industry. Larry fines new piano buyer guide piano world piano. Supplement to the piano book larry fine, alden skinner on.

The supplement to larry fines piano book is the best bathroom reading since the last calvin and hobbes treasury was released. So why is steinway recognized as the undisputed leader. This is corroborated by piano technicians over the u. The piano book evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in this bible of the piano marketplace is indispensable to buyers and owners.

Join facebook to connect with larry fine and others you may know. Alden skinner has more than a decade of experience in piano retail sales and management. Larry fine, american piano technician and author of the piano book, considers hamburg steinway pianos to be of a higher quality than queens steinway pianos. Yamaha c is a very good piano if you like the sound bright and touch light. Pianomart is the leading online resource for selling or buying grand, upright, baby grand and electric pianos. Piano buyer current edition by larry fine piano buyer is the definitive guide for buying a new piano. Larry fine born 1950 is an american piano technician. I have boston gp 163 for 3 years and absolutely love its mellow bases, singing trebles and beautiful tenors. With this release, gabriel prokofiev turns his focus to the venerable tradition of the piano book, a form that has been shaped over the last two hundred years by composers such as schumann, chopin, sergei prokofiev, bartok as well as more contemporary figures. It is used extensively as a source book in the piano business by both consumers and members of the trade. Get access to the comprehensive and free piano buying guide.

We have had our technicians go through with full regulation, voicing and fine tuning. Saved us from inevitable disaster when buying our first piano. After months of trying to sell my piano on my own, in less than two weeks, someone very nice and a good musician, bought it. They are ranked by larry fine author of the piano book as an upper level consumergrade piano, and are hotlycompetitive with many farmoreexpensive european brands ranked by fine as good quality performancegrade pianos. The piano book by larry fine, an invaluable source on pianos, rates the estonia very highly, as high as any mason hamlin and schimmel pianos. The purpose of this article is to comment on and clarify the information in piano buyer on determining the value of a used piano. An excellent and relatively inexpensive book that the new or used piano buyer should consult is larry fines the piano book. In this very interesting 6page book he traces the history and eventual demise of piano manufacturers brinsmead, challen, collard, danemann and welmar. In 2010, it was the first formersoviet republic to be admitted to the oecd. Piano consultant and piano technician arlan harris knows piano restoration and. New nba fan reacts to larry bird basketball highlights.

Fine names namesthe skinny on all available modern pianos you are apt to find in a dealers showroom, new and used. This 66 parlor grand came from an elite series of pianos built by kawai during. I invited the members of three san francisco bay area chapters of the piano technicians guild and mr. Until about 2010, most such entrylevel pianos arrived at the dealer needing.

Piano buyer is a semiannual piano buying guide that will help you make a fast informed decision concerning the purchase of a piano or digital piano. The latest supplement to the pianists musthave reference the piano book. One place that everyone can start and is probably the most trusted of sources is the piano book by larry fine. Piano buying guide the successor to the piano book. Concerned with how, as well as what, to play, whole notes is both a piano method book and, more importantly, a guidebook to accompany the readers personal journey into music. Make a fast and informed decision concerning the purchase of an acoustic or digital piano. Larry fine is a registered piano technician and a member of the piano technicians guild who has been involved in the field of piano technology for more than 30 years. If there is to be a piano in your future, the single indispensible reference is the piano book by larry fine. The ebooks may also contain excerpts from the piano book, by larry fine, and from pieces published only on. Are estonia grands the piano worlds bestkept secret.

This book and the accompanying website enabled me to make an informed value estimate of the used piano i just bought, and to be an intelligent and careful shopper. The guide is compiled by larry fine, who has published a. The piano buyer article has since been revised to include these comments. We have a huge selection of used and secondhand pianos for sale. If you are like most people who buy a piano, you could end up keeping your piano for 4050 years. Ritmueller founded in 1795, ritmuller was one of the first piano factories in germany. If there is to be a piano in your future, the single indispensable reference is the piano book by larry fine. Larry fine in his publication, the piano book, notes that there are no more problems with restored yamaha and kawai pianos than new ones. I popped for a copy, and it just shipped to my shop today. Free piano prices guide new or used fair market value. The larry fine piano book, considered the bible of piano buyers. The bottom line is we are completely confident in any piano that we sell. Larry fine pianos news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2019 larry fine born 1950 is an american piano technician, consultant, and author. These pianos include steinway, bluthner, bechstein, schimmel, seiler, haessler, and sauter.

Kassman pianos blog a chat room for everything pianos. Piano buying basics piano buying buyer piano larry fine. The design of the cabinetry is among the finest in the world and fits equally well in homes and fine concert halls. The piano book by larry fine not the same of 3stooges fame, i take it, is a mustread if you are thinking of buying a piano. Read larry fine piano book about differences boston and kawai good piano as well.

The piano book evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in the united states. The book part consists of a collection of howto articles on the many aspects of. If you are buying either a new or used piano with strings as opposed to a purely digital no strings piano, you must buy this book. Fair market value is the price at which an item would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither of whom is compelled to buy or sell, and each of. The good news is the piano is very stable and has a warmer tone than many other yamaha pianos. There is information on piano moving and storage, inspecting individual new and used pianos, the special market for steinways, and sales gimmicks to watch out for. Posture, practicing, mental and physical health, using weight and force, economy of movement, and expression are some of. Advertise your piano or music related business on piano world, the worlds most popular piano and keyboard oriented site. Madagascar ebony finish 2010 steinway m piano for sale. Though in each decade both good and bad pianos have been produced, and each piano must be judged on its own merits, this brief historical overview may give you some idea of what to expect to see as you shop for a used piano. I had the pleasure of meeting larry at the ptg event in grand rapids this summer.

Piano buyer the definitive guide to buying new, used. You will find the tone and action of the perzina vertical and grand piano are comparable to either group 1 or group 2 rated pianos listed in the larry fine piano book. If you are buying a new piano, you also need to buy the yearly supplement book current version is 20012002. Beginning in 2010, samick expanded the seiler line to cover several. Supplement to the piano book fall 2010 edition which. A registered piano technician, fine has been involved in the piano industry for more than 40 years. In 2010, the steinway factory in queens made some changes in its manufacturing processes and materials in order to upgrade the quality of the queens steinway pianos. In fact, if you look in the latest supplement to the piano book, by larry fine, new york made steinway pianos are rated in the 3rd rank of pianos according to manufacturing quality. Restoring, recycling, or donating a piano by larry fine nook. Petrof model i concert grand piano gold medal and diplom dhoneur at expo 58 in brussels.