In March 1980, The New Yorker published a story by writer Jane Boutwell following concert pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy as he searched for the right instrument for an upcoming series of New York performances. The article, titled “Choosing a Piano,” offers a rare, detailed look at how a world-class pianist actually selects an instrument — and…

The concept and spirit of Pro Piano (*Real) as a business preceded the actual company Pro Piano a Concert & Artist Service specialist mostly in pianos, but through the years backline, drums, percussion, PA, keys, Hammond B3s, Celestes (still), etc., yet both came to life sometime in the very late 60s, with 1969 beginning an…

Krystian Zimerman, with whom I frequently worked as piano tuner-technician and purveyor of touring Hamburg Steinway Model D-274 Grand Pianos, was and will always remain one of my favorite artists …especially in the context of our roles together. In conversation about another Legendary Lifetime Pro Piano Artist, only recently was I described as having had…

“Buying, Selling, Gifting or Disposing a Piano or a PSO (Piano Shaped Object)  – Both Sides from The Middle” Laid Out Here!  Before Calling Anyone, Educated Transactional-Parties Ought Know The Following: Is it a Grand or Upright Piano? The Piano’s Make, Model and Serial Number are critical pieces of information that determine whether a professional…

Drinking, Drunken-Touring A German Riot June 24, 1978 Pro Piano Baldwin Grand Model L The Jefferson Starship and Grace Slick, its beautiful lightening-bolt superstar, icon, writer, singer, magnetizing performer, appeared in Loreley, Germany. BIG Problem: Grace was unable to perform. An unamused audience stormed the stage, trashed band gear, and …threw the piano off the…

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Pro Piano Records is a Classical Piano Music (plus a few disparate genres) record label specializing in Pianist’s Perspective Recordings that attempt to capture the sound and ambiance one seated at a concert grand piano hears and considers when creating music for the recorded medium. Ours is a respected label inaugurated in the mid 1990s…