Marr Piano Tuning

Marr Piano Tuning Steinway trained Concert Piano Technician and Master Tuner serving the greater Los Angeles area since 1980.

FrankenSteinway - Episode 5 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-gd
11/22/2013

FrankenSteinway - Episode 5 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-gd

Scalpels and Scruples (From the Diary of a Mad Piano Technician) As you will clearly see in the photographic documentation presented in this and previous entries, we have managed to achieve significant progress toward our goal of reviving this retched… [ 582 more words. ]

FrankenSteinway - Episode 4 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-fb
11/10/2013

FrankenSteinway - Episode 4 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-fb

Reconstructive Surgery (From the Diary of a Mad Piano Technician) Continuing with our skeletal reparations after joining the inner layers of the rim (see Episode 3), we sculpted a rather large section of new bone (hardwood) to replace the missing …… [ 482 more words. ]

FrankenSteinway Episode 3 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-eJ
11/01/2013

FrankenSteinway Episode 3 http://wp.me/p3EgZZ-eJ

Braces & Bolts (From the Diary of a Mad Piano Technician) Having cleaned and disinfected the victim, we were now confronted with one of our more perplexing problems. Being faced with layers of missing and/or distorted skeletal elements, we were… [ 417 more words. ]

FrankenSteinway - Episode 2
10/22/2013

FrankenSteinway - Episode 2

Skin and Bones (from the diary of a mad piano technician) In order to begin my experiment, I first needed to remove all of the rotted flesh from our corps and determine if there was anything salvageable beneath it. … Continue reading →

FrankenSteinway
10/16/2013

FrankenSteinway

FrankenSteinway (From the Diary of a Mad Piano Technician) Episode 1 – Corpus After many years of struggling to recuperate patients with terminal and calamitous ailments, I was recently confronted with a dilemma that I would soon realized to be … Continue…

Pop Quiz
10/01/2013

Pop Quiz

One of the first questions I ask when visiting a new customer is “Aside from tuning, are there any specific problems with the piano that you’d like me to address?” With older pianos there is often a litany of complaints … Continue reading →

Aliens in the Action
09/20/2013

Aliens in the Action

After visiting a friend in an old apartment building downtown on a cool and cloudless summer evening, I walk downstairs to the lobby and, as I near the front door, I hear a loud rumbling sound and people screaming outside. … Continue reading →

Premonition
09/14/2013

Premonition

This story is only related to piano tuning in that its primary elements occurred on either side of a tuning appointment, rather like an inexplicable sandwich of paranormal bread. It begins, oddly enough, with an unforgettable dream (from which I ……

Mrs. Hot Tub
09/09/2013

Mrs. Hot Tub

Years ago, I went to a tuning outside of a small town in West Michigan, in the heart of the Bible Belt. My customer was an average looking middle aged woman, who worked as a truck driver. She had an … Continue reading →

Party of Five?
09/07/2013

Party of Five?

I was inspired to write this story by a fellow technicians’ comment about the unusual people she’s met during her many years in the field. Before I dive in, however, I want to reiterate my concern for maintaining the anonymity … Continue reading →

New Piano Customer
09/06/2013

New Piano Customer

This link was sent to me by a fellow piano technician from Michigan. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen on YouTube. It portrays a virtual cornucopia of ridiculous requests that we, as service providers, encounter from an incredibly … Continue…

Dark Shadows
08/21/2013

Dark Shadows

I’d like you to consider, for a moment, what it’s like to work for professional musicians. Most of them are self absorbed (myself included) and surrounded by an exclusive entourage of obsessive staff who are dedicated to protecting their image … Continue…

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