in Portland knows the sentimental value that comes with a family piano. But restoring pianos, especially creaky old ones, can be a laborious process. And unfortunately, the cost to repair them is ...

Pianos, for decades, enjoyed a central place in the lives of American families and organizations. But if you were going to try to sell your piano now, you'd be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Pianos ...

A recent New York Times story about old pianos clearly struck, as it were, a chord. In case you missed it, the article reported that many pianos from the early decades of the 20th century — a golden ...

They are old, very old. Some more than 100 years old. Their voices have been dulled by age, their legs aren’t as strong as they used to be and years of summer humidity and winter dryness have taken a ...

John Ficarra was the editor of Mad magazine from 1985 to 2018. It took all of 90 seconds for two workers to load my old Baldwin upright piano onto a dolly, roll it out my front door and position it on ...

Kenneth Rexrode’s mother is a pianist, but he never had any real interest in playing an instrument. After being strongly nudged to try the piano and trombone when he was younger, he was finally “set ...

With a focus and patience he honed remodeling historic homes and learning woodworking beside the Amish in Pennsylvania, Foglia painstakingly dismantles old pianos as well as other broken-down ...

I inherited this antique upright piano marked “R. Gors and Kallmann, Kaiserl. U. Konigl. Hoflieferanten, Berlin.” I believe it dates from approximately 1913 or 1914. The black finish was polished but ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. That’s the question now facing Scarborough businessman and community ...