Piano Dust

Does the inside of your piano look like this?!  Mine did until my technician came dusted it when he was resurfacing the hammers.  The hammers are on the bottom in the picture; you can see where it hits the strings and has made deep indentations into the felt of the hammers. 

Here he is removing a hammer so he can fix it.  He had to use a special type of screwdriver to catch the screw so it wouldn't fall into the piano and be lost.

He then shaved all the hammers to make the piano sound better and so that the hammers didn't stick into the strings.

Here you can see the tool he used to shave the hammers.  It looks like a big metal file.  Don't use it on your fingernails though or you won't have any left!

He did a great job and now the piano is ready to go into some blessed piano students home.  It is for sale for $600.

Mozart Piano Co. Upright Piano

My piano in the Bemus Point studio has been fixed.  The technician came and revoiced all the hammers so now it sounds nice.  The piano is by Mozart Piano Co. out of Toronto.  They don't exist anymore.  In fact this piano is dated in the 1920's.  It still has the original ivory keys.  I had to reglue one of them but it's still the original. Now I'm thinking about selling it for $600.  It was very heavy to move and required four guys.  It would make a nice piano for a student who is really interested in piano lessons.

Detective Cindy

One of my adult students said to me today, "You're like a detective!"  She is so right.  Teaching piano is like following the clues that the students leave to the way they think and process information.  Each student is different and needs to be taught the way they understand.  When teaching, I use my method and when that doesn't work I have to pull out the magnifying glass to find the problem and then try other paths for that student. I love researching other ways to teach and seeing the results, or not, from them.

Detective Cindy to the Piano Rescue!

Pictures!

I love it when students draw pictures for me.  This is a picture of a falcon according to six-year-old Oliver.  He drew it while waiting for his sister's lesson to be over.  It's hanging in my Bemus Point studio.

And Here We Go!

Private lessons have begun and we're having fun already.  My students are ready to learn more about how to play the piano and the music they love.  Even the adults are excited!  We are planning an adult music tea so they can socialize with other adults who love piano.

Group lessons begin next week.  There is still room for more students in the classes.  Check out my website for day and times.  http://www.cindyspianostudio.com/group

Sign Up For Fall Classes

I had some wonderful news today.  I can have flyers distributed to the students at Bemus Point Elementary School this year.  Yea!  Now more students will have the opportunity to find out about Cindy's Piano Studio.  I'm so convenient to the school and the bus will drop off the students at the door after school. 

The schedule this year will be:
Thursday:
3:30-4:15 - 9-11Year Old Beginner Class
4:15-5:00 - 7-8 Year Old Beginner Class
5:00-5:45 - 5-6 Year Old Beginner Class

I'm planning some fun things for this year.  More on that later...

Summer is Coming to a Close

It's August 1st already!  Summer is almost over and it's time to think about scheduling piano lessons.  My hope this year is to have private students at my home in Lakewood on Monday and Tuesday and classes at the Bemus Point studio. I'll be calling everyone the last week of August or first week in September to arrange lesson times.