tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10257702024-03-07T03:52:02.215ZWeb Voice - Piano NewsYonnernoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-39464520270702850062008-07-14T17:39:00.002+01:002008-07-14T17:42:15.697+01:00Yamaha Piano FactsI have written a page of information that is designed to dispel some myths associated with Yamaha Piano sales. You can view the page below:<br /><a href="http://yamaha.977mb.com/">Yamaha Piano Facts</a><br /><br />If you have any questions just drop me a line, I'll be happy to help.<br />Regards,<br />Mark of <A href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a> for <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yamaha-piano/">Yamaha Piano</a> and <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/kawai-piano/">Kawai Piano</a> sales. See the <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yahama-u-info/yamaha-u3-upright-piano">Yamaha U3</a> page for special interest.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-7420567891738752182008-07-07T12:12:00.003+01:002008-07-07T12:17:55.343+01:00Yamaha Piano TipsI have made a "<a href="http://yamaha.5gbs.com/">Yamaha Piano</a> tips" page that contains useful information regarding Yamaha Piano Cabinets and brasswork. Hopefully I will be adding more cabinet-related information to that page over time, but for now, that is all it contains. <br /><br />As ever,<br />signing off<br />Mark<br />Signature:<br /><a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk">Pianos for Sale</a> in <a href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a>. I recommend the <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yahama-u-info/yamaha-u3-upright-piano">Yamaha U3</a> and the <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yahama-u-info/yamaha-u1-upright-piano">Yamaha U1</a> upright pianos.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-22959489490303840722008-07-04T17:26:00.002+01:002008-07-04T17:29:06.848+01:00Yamaha Piano GuideI've just made a <A href="http://yamaha-piano.50webs.com/">Yamaha Piano</a> guide that deals with some important aspects of buying a used Yamaha Piano. I recommend the reading material contained within it. Much of which can be found at my other <A href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yahama-u-info/yamaha-u3-upright-piano">Yamaha U3</a> and <a href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/piano/yamaha-u1-pianos-for-sale/">Yamaha U1</a> pages. Or just go straight to my <A href="http://www.markgoodwinpianos.co.uk/yamaha-piano/">Yamaha Piano</a> page for the full story. <br /><br />that's all for now<br />regards,<br />Mark from <a href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-48858787221721854182008-05-15T19:37:00.005+01:002008-05-20T12:00:17.439+01:00Couple more Yamaha U3 links (U3a,We have a couple more today. There is a <a href="http://yamaha-u3.10gbfreehost.com/">Yamaha U3 / U3A</a> page and a <a href="http://yamaha-u3.110mb.com/">Yamaha U3 Silent</a> page too. <br /><br />The above pages talk about different aspects of the Yamaha U3. Each page covers something different.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Mark<br />Mark Goodwin Pianos of <a href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-13785292030887961292008-05-12T13:14:00.006+01:002008-05-20T12:02:25.812+01:00More Yamaha U3 links (Yamaha U3G)I've made another <a href="http://yamaha-u3.100webspace.net/">Yamaha U3 / U3G</a> information page. It will soon be full of useful info but for now, they are still worth a look if you are interested in the very popular model of piano.<br /><br />Any questions, just let me know.<br />:)<br />Mark<br />Mark Goodwin Pianos of <a href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-78231505734515480582008-05-12T12:20:00.004+01:002008-05-20T12:12:48.969+01:00I'm making some pages about the Yamaha U3I just wanted to report that in the interests of spreading free information about the <A href="http://yamaha-u3.007sites.com/">Yamaha U3 / U3M</a>, I am creating a series of web pages that cover this topic. This morning I made the following <a href="http://members.lycos.co.uk/yamahau3/">Yamaha U3</a> page and last week I made this <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/yamaha-u3/">Yamaha U3 / U3H</a> page. For now, there is not much to read but I hope to develop each site to cover a different aspect of the excellent Yamaha U3 piano.<br /><br />I hope this is useful to some people.<br />Mark Goodwin Pianos, based in <a href="http://www.eroyton.co.uk">Royton</a>, ManchesterYonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1169748148912230432007-01-25T18:00:00.000Z2007-01-25T18:02:28.923ZAnother "All Steinway" SchoolI don't really agree with "all steinway" schools. It just stinks of snobbery and PR to me. But here is an article from the kansascity.com...<br /><br /><div id="quote">"The University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg has joined the elite group of All-Steinway Schools, one of about 65 universities and music conservatories in that category in the United States.<br /><br />The university earned that distinction with the recent acquisition of 22 new Steinway and Boston pianos also made by Steinway. UCM is the only All-Steinway School in Missouri and Kansas.<br /><br />Steinway pianos are considered legendary. Steinway crafts roughly 5,000 pianos per year worldwide, taking one full year to handcraft each piano at the Steinway factory in Long Island City, N.Y.<br /><br />"Achieving the status of an All-Steinway School has been a priority for many years," said Steven Boone, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences."</div>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1169514969545475292007-01-23T01:13:00.000Z2007-01-23T01:16:09.556ZElton John Red Yamaha Disklavier Grand sells for $50kfrom:<br />http://www.abc4.com/content/features/story.aspx?content_id=cf72cd1e-4eaf-4699-b113-28f85400d64a<br /><br />Why would you pay $50,000 for a piano just because it was a limited edition (of 30) where produced. Surely the fact that there were 30 of them means that it ISN'T a collectors item and is instead a money-making PR scam by Yamaha. It's not like Elton John toured with these pianos or used them to write music or had them in his home - he's just sold out and put his name on the front, that's all.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1168995082992565372007-01-17T00:47:00.000Z2007-01-17T00:51:23.003Z6 year old kid plays Russian Dance from the Nutcracker SuiteHere is a video of a 6 year old kid doing a very good job of playing the russian dance from tchaikovsky's nutracker suite. very impressive I reckon...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.peeweep.com/file.php?id=150">click here</a> to watch the videoYonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1168993429532209802007-01-17T00:22:00.000Z2007-01-17T00:23:49.543ZWhitney Houston's Yamaha Grand PianoWhitney Houston is being forced to sell off backstage equipment, instruments and even designer costumes and gowns to pay off a 175 thousand dollar storage facility debt to a warehouse storing the items. Amidst the 400+ lots, a Schimmel Lucite Grand piano and a Yamaha Grand piano received the most attention.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesnow.tv/Whitney_Houstons_garage_sale/articleshow/1129871.cms">click here for the full story</a>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1141826028402642142006-03-08T13:53:00.000Z2006-03-08T13:53:48.486ZMost Ornate Bechstein Grand Ever?Here is quite possibly the most ornate Bechstein grand I've ever seen. Quite remarkable.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.yonner.co.uk/webvoice/blog/2006-mar/bechstein-ornate.jpg"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk/Tour/Pages/Bechstein.htm">Click Here</a> for the full story including:<br /><br />The RCM Library has an important set of ledgers from the firm of Bechstein, and the Centre for Performance History holds four volumes of photographs of designs for pianos, both grand and upright. These were presumably given to potential customers, so that they could select the design that was most consonant with their interior decorations or musical tastes. The 'Rheingold' design was one of the visually most opulent and most expensive (at £1000) on offer. By the 1890s Wagner's music was all the rage in London, though it was often left to visiting German companies - such as the Hamburg Stadtoper in 1892, with Mahler as conductor - to give complete performances of the later music dramas.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1135202695338711382005-12-21T22:04:00.000Z2005-12-21T22:04:55.403ZChopin Nocturnes - CD Review A sticker on the cover notes that in this two-CD set "the greatest of all living Chopin interpreters records the composer's best-loved works for the first time". Greatest? Best? Two big claims, but completely justified. Pollini won the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1960 and his stature has risen steadily since. Here are 19 titanic interpretations. My all-time favourite performances, by the late Artur Rubinstein, are almost unbearably poetic, mystical, and rarified, ravishing in tone, colour and shape. Pollini concedes little in either poetry or imagination, but is much more dramatic and grounded. He brings out the fire in Chopin's soul, yet every note is perfectly nuanced. These performances are the distillation of a lifetime's reflection and playing, and they are utterly worth the wait. For me, this is perhaps the CD of the year.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1094645071471964352004-09-08T13:02:00.000+01:002004-09-08T13:04:31.470+01:00Back to SchoolPiano Shop owners all over the country breathed a huge sigh of relief last week when most of the nations kids went back to school leaving their parents with enough time to think about buying a piano. Let the games begin !!Yonnernoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1089288846797089242004-07-08T13:07:00.000+01:002004-07-08T13:14:06.796+01:00Summer Sales SlumpIt's the time of year again when many piano shops complain of dwindling sales figures. Maybe it's the hot weather, maybe it's the fact that families are going on holiday instead of buying luxury items or maybe it's just coincidence.
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<br />So if you go to a piano shop in the summer months, be warned that you might face some heavy pressure to buy. Choose your shop wisely, make sure you trust the dealer and don't let yourself be pressured into buying something that you are not 100% happy with.Yonnernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1085190921275897932004-05-22T02:52:00.000+01:002004-05-22T02:55:21.276+01:00Lang Lang Goodwill Ambassador<img src="http://webvoice.blogspot.com/img/lang-lang.jpg" align=right>Celebrating Lang Lang's appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy presented the Steinway Peace Piano, created by Steinway & Sons to benefit UNICEF through concerts and advocacy events.
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<br />Full Story Here:
<br />http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10815&Cr=goodwill&Cr1=ambass
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<br />Yonnernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1081035234891553122004-04-04T00:33:00.000+01:002004-04-04T00:36:35.013+01:00Concert Steinway ProductionHere is an interesting article from the New York times showing how new pianos are selected to be used as their own concert instruments and that they are still stored in the same basement where Rachmaninov met Horowitz.
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<br /><a href = "java script:void" onclick = "window.open('http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/nyregion/02piano.html?ex=1081486800&en=6d8e39fae8bcdd19&ei=5062'); return false;">click here for full story</a> <font size="1px">(javascript link)</font>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1079656077185541822004-03-19T00:27:00.000Z2004-03-19T00:30:21.436ZSteinway's Birthday is OverSteinway's 150th anniversary party is now over. Here's an article offering an overview of the Steinway company today
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<br /><div id=quote>An American cultural institution, the Steinway piano, is ending a year-long celebration on its 150th anniversary. Experts consider Steinway the world's finest piano. The sleek, carefully handcrafted instrument has been, literally, fine-tuned for generations. The company's owners have changed but its headquarters have remained in New York City.
<br />They say making a Steinway Piano is like having a baby. Each takes nine months to make and no two are exactly the same.</div>
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<br /><a href = "java script:void" onclick = "window.open('http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-3-17/20467.html'); return false;">click here for the full story</a><font size="1px"> (javascript link)</font>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1079212723312714832004-03-13T21:18:00.000Z2004-03-17T17:09:04.326ZBBC TV Mozart Docu-DramaHere's a quick preview of the upcoming Docu-Dramas appearing on BBC2 and BBC4 TV featuring a period presentation of some of Mozart's revolutionary works
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<br /><a href = "java script:void" onclick = "window.open('http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7946-1034431,00.html'); return false;">click here for full story</a> <font size="1px">(javascript link)</font>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1079138026957487762004-03-13T00:33:00.000Z2004-03-17T17:10:30.436ZInterview with Steinway BigwigsHere is an interesting interview conducted by www.faz.net with Henry Steinway (obviously not <i>the</i> Henry Steinway) where they talk about various aspects of the company including the following interesting Q&A:
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<br /><div id="quote"><b>Do you face serious competition in the upmarket segment?
<br />Thomas Kurrer</b>: <i>We have two major competitors in the high-quality segment: Austria's Bösendorfer and Italy's Fazioli. But both are quite a bit smaller. We sell worldwide about 3,000 grand pianos a year, Bösendorfer sells about 250 to 300 and Fazioli about 100.</i></div>
<br />I find it interesting that they don't mention Bechstein as an upmarket competitor :)
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<br />Here's a photo taken outside the Steinway factory in Hamburg (sorry, it's the best I could find:
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<br /><a href = "java script:void" onclick = "window.open('http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={B1311FCE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88}&doc={EE3DE54F-559B-4B80-A0B1-0045F5325BBF}'); return false;">click here for full story</a> <font size="1px">(javascript link)</font>Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1079047451974740012004-03-11T23:24:00.000Z2004-03-17T17:14:07.343ZInternet Video Piano LessonsHere's an interesting story about how a teacher and a pupil enjoy lessons in real time even though they are 700 miles apart. And it's all thanks to high-speed internet technology. They play duets together too.
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<br />Note: You may need to register with the NY Times website to read the article
<br />Yonnernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025770.post-1078784931228213592004-03-08T22:28:00.000Z2004-03-17T17:18:50.576ZProfoundly Deaf Young PianistProfoundly deaf since birth, Michael's parents don't really understand why he enjoys playing the piano so much. Nice story
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