October 2009
10/29/2009
An Evening of Music, Dallas Mavericks, and Steinway Pianos
How Music brought the Dallas Mavericks and Steinway Hall – Dallas Together. On Tuesday, October 27th the Dallas Mavericksopened their 2009-2010 regular season against the Washington Wizards at the American Airlines Center. This was a special night for the Dallas Mavericks as it was the start of a new season.
10/26/2009
Steinway Discusses Hamburg vs. New York Steinways
Kent Webb is the Manager of Technical Service and Support at the Steinway & Sons factory in New York. He has been a wonderful colleague and faithful mentor to me ever since I met him in 2005 and has been graciously answering my endless questions in my relentless pursuit to learn everything I can about the construction and manufacturing process of Steinwaypianos.
10/20/2009
Steinway Piano Dealers Prepare For Steinway Day 2009
The City of Chicago made a strong bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics but, came up short and Rio de Janeiro will host the games. However, Chicago did receive a winning vote this year and will be the location of the 2009 Steinway Day.
10/14/2009
Steinway Logo on Both Sides of Concert Grand Pianos?
I was watching TV the other night, and Saturday Night Live was on with Drew Barrymore as the host and Regina Spektor as the musical guest (Oct. 10, 2009). As I was enjoying Spektor sing and play on the beautiful, high gloss Steinway D with the bass side turned toward the audience.
10/10/2009
The 5 Browns Perform at Steinway Hall – Fort Worth (Video)
Last month, classical music’s newest phenomenon, The 5 Browns made an appearance at Steinway Hall – Fort Worth. The 5 Browns performed three pieces and answered questions from the audience followed by a book signing for their new book Life Between the Keys.
10/4/2009
How is Steinway and Mercedes Benz Connected?
One of the more intriguing chapters in Steinway history involves the company’s brief foray into the auto industry. In 1888, when William Steinway was traveling in Europe, he chanced to hear that Gottlieb Daimler of Cannstatt, Germany was experimenting with self propelled vehicles.
10/01/09
Interview with Cliburn Winner Nobuyuki Tsujii
Nobuyuki Tsujii, the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist, visited Dallas-Fort Worth and played a wonderful concert at Bass Hall on September 22, 2009 and at the Latino Cultural Center on September 24, 2009. The following is the interview I did of Nobuyuki at the Latino Cultural Center,