Vincent Yang joined us for this week’s broadcast and showed off some of his amazing piano playing skills.
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Leighanne Twaddle and Ric Overton LIVE At PianoSD.com
Posted June 14th, 2010 by Max | No Comments »Leighanne Twaddle joined us during this segment of LIVE At PianoSD.com
New Announcements
Posted June 9th, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »As many of you know, PianoSD.com has been working very hard to establish itself as the place in San Diego to get your piano, classes, moving (with Precision Piano Moving-www.PrecisionPianoMoving.net), tuning (with Accutone Piano Tuning – PianoServSD.com), your source for recitals in our Performance Hall and piano classes. We have decided to step out in faith and have hired a professional who is very well versed in Pianos and Piano Music to head our education department. We realize the importance of music education and the benefit to each of our customers as well as the community. This is the reason we are quite excited to present the newest addition to the PianoSD.com family: Leighanne Twaddle.
Leighanne Twaddle has joined PianoSD as Director of Music Education. She comes from Scottsdale, AZ where she taught music in the Scottsdale School District for 31 years. She has been a church choral director and accompanist and a private piano teacher for over 25 years. Last June Leighanne had the opportunity to sing in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Greg Gilpin and Joseph Martin. She carries the honors of the Scottsdale Charros Teacher of the Year and Who’s Who Among Educators. Leighanne belongs to many professional organizations including MENC, American College of Musicians-National Guild of Piano Teachers, and National Federation of Music Clubs. Leighanne received her Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University and her Master’s of Arts in Education degree from the University of Phoenix.
Among Leighanne’s responsibilities are building our School of Music and our sheet music department. We have customers that come into our store on a regular basis from San Marcos, Carlsbad, Rancho Santa Fe and of course La Jolla as well as many other parts of the surrounding areas because they love the atmosphere at PianoSD and enjoy our concept. We are a very unique piano dealer, so whether you need to talk about learning piano, teaching piano, tuning your piano, moving your piano or owning a piano we will always be delighted to help you.
Stop by when you get a chance, meet Leighanne we would certainly enjoy meeting you.
Ric Overton
Sky Blue Music with Ric Overton LIVE At PianoSD.com
Posted June 7th, 2010 by Max | No Comments »We interview Sky of Sky Blue Music, and recieve a wonderful piano performance from him.
It is with great pleasure that we introduce Mr. Ulrich Sauter tonight at PianoSD
Posted June 4th, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »I am very excited about having Mr. Sauter in our store today. He is a treasure in the piano industry. He has a very interesting opinion on piano building and is very understanding about what is taking place on the manufacturing end of the business. His insight has been quite valuable to me in my business.
The first time I played a Sauter was year before last when the Peter Maly was delivered to our store for inspection. From the first time I layed my hands on the keyboard I was in love. My preference has always been an entirely different type of piano. The action, tone, clarity, feel of the piano was something I was not prepared to experience. I did my due diligence as a business man and did my homework on the piano and the person and learned that this man is an icon not only in Germany but, around the world.
Tonight from 6-8 he will be here to answer questions and talk about pianos and the industry to give everyone a better more concise view of what is happening industry wide as far as manufacturing is concerned.
If you have the chance to make it out please drop by our Mission Valley location at 1233 Camino Del Rio South Suite 200, San Diego, Ca. 92108
Love to get a chance to meet you.
Ric Overton
Rosemary Bailey and Ric Overton LIVE @ PianoSD.com
Posted June 1st, 2010 by Max | No Comments »Rosemary Bailey demonstrates a cool computer application that accompanies her piano playing.
Press Release – Urlich Sauter
Posted May 31st, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
To: All Art, Music and Community Editors, Piano Music Lovers
June 3rd and 4th 2010, San Diego: Come and Meet Carl Ulrich Sauter–Master Piano Builder, Whose Family Name Still Appears On Pianos After 192 Years.
PianoSD.com is pleased to announce the visit to San Diego of the Sauter company’s owner and operator, Carl Ulrich Sauter. Mr. Sauter’s name appears on every piano manufactured by the Sauter Pianoforte Manufactur Company which has the tradition of building pianos since 1819—the longest family owned piano company in the world. “Its survival is owed to the instruments built with Tradition, Quality & Style.” describes Ric Overton of Piano SD. “Mr. Sauter is coming to insure the integrity of the Sauter name, his very own, in North America.”
Relatively new in San Diego, Sauter started with its young founder assisting in the building of pianos for Ludwig van Beethoven. Since then, the piano company has remained in the family, carried the family name and continued with its vast knowledge of piano style and construction throughout many decades. While the oldest, it is also innovative. By combining visual sophistication and unequal sound productions, Sauter is definitely a leader.
Sauter Pianos are known for their unique and superb designs.In the words of Carl Ulrich Sauter himself: “We just do not care about phony marketing strategies and target groups. We follow our dream to build the best upright or grand piano of the world and ensure that today there is a broad choice of real instruments that are far superior to the corporate cookie cutter manufacturers.” Sauter pianos qualify in every way among the best-made pianos in the world. Caring musicians select the brand for its sound qualities.
Ric Overton, owner of Piano SD, will host a public meeting for Mr. Sauter on June 3, and a chapter meeting of Piano Technical Guild on June 4. “At PianoSD.com”, says Overton, “we strive to make people happy and make music fun. With a strong emphasis on music education, we want people to understand what they are buying and understand music. Our goal is to make PianoSD.com a place where Music, Education and the Arts come together, this is why we are delighted to host Mr. Sauter and have everyone meet the man who leads the oldest piano manufacturer that still operates under its family name.” For more information call Ric Overton at 619-298-5313.
Contact Information
Ric Overton
Owner, PianoSD.com
1233 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 200
San Diego CA 92108
(619) 298-5313
Cross Country Shippers
Posted May 27th, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »
I have had several calls about cross country shipping and what to do with the piano. Hopefully, I might be able to give you some insight as to what we look at.
We do cross country moves in conjunction with another company that actually takes the piano from our storage facility here at PianoSD.com in Mission Valley in San Diego, Ca. and delivers it to the location that it is going to. Here’s how it works:
You have a need to move your piano from here to another state or a distance that is further than our normal Southern California route. Precision Piano Moving at www.precisionpianomoving.net goes and picks your piano up and brings it to our facility here. We prearrange a pick up with a company called Walter Piano Transport out of Indiana.
Walter Piano Transport guys are the only guys in the country that I would trust my most valuable possession (my piano) or (your piano)to travel a long distance. They blanket your piano carefully and secure it in their trailers that are designed to move pianos only. They do not move cars, furniture or motorcycles, only pianos. Thier website is www.WalterPianoTransport.com and the ladies are Hope and Tina and can most definitely answer your questions and take care of you.
Once they pick the piano up from our facility it is then carried either directly to its destination or to a piano moving service in your area where they can trust it to be offloaded and delivered in a timely and safe manner.
Moving in a long haul trailer that is packed with all types of furniture, and other belongings can be quite difficult on a piano particularly when the people that are moving are inexperienced. Moving is never easy but especially when it comes to a piano. All kinds of tragic stories come to the office here about people getting pianos that have been scratched, damaged or harmed in some way. The easiest, cheapest and best alternative is to hire a professional.
Local moves have certainly been addressed on our blog before but as a reminder PianoSD.com moves pianos in Southern California from Carlsbad, San Marcos, Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla and even as far north as Los Angeles. We move with a company that is called Precision Piano Moving at www.PrecisionPianoMoving.net they also work in tandem with our tuner Paul McCloud at Accutone Piano Tuning www.pianoservsd.com to tune the piano after delivery. Walter Transport is our only choice on long distant moves at www.WalterPianoTransport.com
Stop by and see us sometime, we would love to meet you.
Ric Overton
Cleaning Your Piano
Posted May 26th, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »Cleaning is never fun and easy but, it is something that must be done from time to time.
What we use in the store is a polish that is designed specifically for the high polish pianos. Although the easiest and simplest way to do the cleaning is by using a very soft and lintless cloth like a cheesecloth or old soft T-shirt works wonders. I say to dampen the cloth a little but only to the smallest extent and my adage is to wash your hands, rinse the soap off well and then dry them on the cloth that you are going to use to dust. In other words very lightly damp.
If your piano has a wood grain or a satin finish then do the same thing except be sure to wipe with the grain of the wood. NEVER EVER use furniture polish to clean your piano. It is not good for the piano and it will take a long time to get the residue off.
Use the same technique when wiping off your keys. DO NOT use polish or cleaner of any kind EVER to clean your keys. If they are ivory this is not good at all because in many cases it will cause the ivory to absorb the polish and the keys will simply come off.
Here’s the tricky part. If you have a grand piano dust will inevitably get onto the soundboard of the piano (that piece of wood that is under the big metal plate) and if you are like me at all this will make you insane. Please do not attempt to clean that yourself. Call a certified technician which you can find at www.PTG.org and tell them you need to clean your soundboard and have your piano tuned. Paul McCloud at Accutone Piano Tuning www.pianoservsd.com is the guy we use here at PianoSD.com in Mission Valley in San Diego, California.
If you live in a particular humid area of San Diego for example like Carlsbad or La Jolla, you will notice that the dust will “stick” to the soundboard a little more than if you live in a drier climate like Rancho Santa Fe or San Marcos. In the cases that the climate is a little drier you will notice that the dust gets in quicker but is a little easier removed. However, in either case please call a certified tech to come out to do the work at his next tuning, but, let him know when you set your appointment that your piano needs a thourough cleaning that way he is prepared.
If you need some polish that is designed specifically for the piano you can find it here at PianoSD.com.
Drop by and say hello sometime we would love to meet you.
Ric Overton
4 DAY MEMORIAL DAY SALE
Posted May 25th, 2010 by Ric Overton | No Comments »
DONT MISS IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
