The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori

Click on the image above to find the book on amazon.  This resource is recommended for piano teachers (and parents of course) to use in teaching their students/children about the history of the piano.  Below is a link to a one page resource that offers discussion questions and follow up activities to accompany the story book.  This lesson guide and book are recommended for ages 4-8.

The History of the Piano

The above resource provided courtesy of ptg.org, an organization for registered piano technicians.

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Our piano is very old (1920s).  We have never had it tuned or serviced.  Brigham and his team came in and explained clearly what they were going to do, how they were going to do their work, and then made our old piano come to life again with tremendous sound!

-Tony Francis, Highland, UT

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I found Brigham’s website after a long slow search for a piano.  I bought a used piano from him at Christmas, and I am very happy with the entire experience.

-Jarrod Ribble, Mapleton, UT

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I captured this video back in January 2011, one day when I brought our two youngest boys to the shop to visit daddy.  Brigham has a hard time getting anything done with us around and if you watch the video, you’ll see why…. he’s crazy about his kids, always interested in them and eager to appease their demands for attention and entertainment.  Hope you enjoy this moment of a great dad taking time from his busy day to be his son’s constant hero!

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In honor of Father’s Day coming up this weekend, here’s a video from a few months ago. One Saturday, the whole family went to the piano shop and fun daddy Brigham created this piano fort out of the 9 foot Chickering currently being restored, piano moving blankets and cardboard piano boxes. The kids thought it was GREAT! Always the fun dad, Brigham is their constant favorite. Proposing a trip to daddy’s shop is greeted each time with screeching and screaming! Enjoy… and Happy Father’s Day this weekend!

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Here’s is a great worksheet and lesson plan to help students prepare for quality performance.

Preparing for the Performance

It uses the excellent children’s book, Henry the Steinway and the Piano Recital, By Sally Coveleskie, Peter Goodrich,
& Laura Friedman.  Click on the image above to find it on Amazon.

Resource courtesy of PTG.org, an organization for Registered Piano Technicians.

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Each month we send out a feedback e-mail to our clients and these are the responses we got back this past month:

Dear Karmel and Brigham,
We love the job Brigham did on our piano.  But, mostly we loved 2 afternoons of stimulating discussion.
-Dix and Lloyd Baker, Provo, UT

Very well. Gave advice, help loaded in the truck, and was very knowledge of the instrument. -Joe Roth

Great! Thank you!-Tasha ZoBell

I thought he did a fine job. -Kristen Hawkins

Brigham did a great job with my piano.  When I’m ready to restore this antique I’ll be bringing it to him!  Thank you. -Katrina Long

Great job!  You were quick and obviously knew what you were doing.  Thanks! -Ciara Petersen

Brigham was very kind and helpful while we were looking at buying a piano.  He was not like salesman at other piano dealers that try to pressure you into buying something you don’t want.  We had a couple of minor concerns with the piano we were looking at, so he spent the next hour fixing them for us before we decided if we wanted to buy it.  We ended up buying it.  We have loved playing our new piano.  Thanks Brigham! -Jake Forman

Project completed quickly! -Linda Walton

Very effecient, personable, and prompt.-Carol Mitchell

Everything went well, I appreciate your work. -Soren Jacobsen

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We inherited an older piano that had not been tuned for many years.  Some of the keys were broken making it difficult to play.  I appreciate how quickly we received a response and how professional Brigham was while in our home.  Thanks for making our piano sound beautiful once again.

-Debra Holbrook, Pleasant Grove, UT

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Here is a printable piano place mat that can be printed on regular sized or 11×14 paper for young musician pleasure.  ENJOY!  (our kids love these activities)

Piano_Place_Mat

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You may have seen Brigham’s truck driving around with our old logo of the piano tuning hammer.  Well… it was time to update and here is the new official logo of Brigham’s Piano Service.

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