6th January 2010

Happy New Year to all of our customers!

As we start 2010 Neil and I are both looking forward to an exciting year ahead with the business. We have been delighted by the positive response to the bigger showroom and broader selection of pianos. Both of us have thoroughy enjoyed welcoming customers to the new showroom, have met some wonderful people and heard some fabulous, and not so fabulous, piano playing!

We are working closely with our chosen manufacturers to make sure that the high standards that we expect from the pianos is maintained. Some of the individual models in our showroom that stand out as particularly good examples at the moment are the K6 Kawai, the 123 Schreiner & Sohne and 122 Wendl & Lung in black with chrome fittings.

We are expecting a British made Kemble Conservatoire to be delivered in soon. This is a piano that has proved very popular with our customers in the past and I have enjoyed working on very much. It has been much publicised in the national press that Kemble Pianos are going through a transition period with the sad closeure of the British factory and relocation of manufacturing to Indonesia. We will be keeping a very close eye on the quality of the pianos over the coming monthes before renewing our commitment to stocking Kemble Pianos in depth.

January should see the long awaited arrival of the Grotrian Steinweg pianos. Local piano teachers can expect an invitation to come and view these superb instruments when they are in. These incredible pianos inspire great piano playing with a depth of tonal colour that cannot be explained in words but is so apparent when played! We are excited about receiving these pianos in to say the least!

As I write this we are snowed in with about 16 inches of snow outside. I managed to get around to a few tunings today by push bike which proved to be precarious to say the least! I will be walking to a few tunings tomorrow, then onwards to the showroom to work on pianos that have just come in or are due out soon. As ever, Neil and I will welcome any visitors once access is a little less prohibited by the snow and ice.

Best Wishes

Ben