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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). My last Saturday at the temporary Gallery. June 26, 2014. It was a quarter to five, nearly closing time, on Saturday, May 10th. My husband Dan, my dogs Oscar and Ella, and I were in the Gallery when a severe thunderstorm with high winds sent all of us sprinting to the back of the store for protection. I had locked the doors to the Gallery, because of the wind’s determination to open them. It was rough outside. Thank you Brie and Jon. May your new piano continue ...

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). A story of the Steinway Model S. April 16, 2014. Several years ago, a well know developer in Philadelphia named Carl Dranoff. Contacted me, because he was interested in purchasing a Steinway grand piano for his new building adjacent to Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony House on the Avenue of the Arts. Was the director of Philadelphia’s famed. Curtis Institute of Music. This Model S would be the perfect instrument for Symphony House,&#822...

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Inspired By Excellence! » The Mysterious Selection of the Numberless Steinway Model D…

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). The Mysterious Selection of the Numberless Steinway Model D. October 9, 2014. I entered the limo from a residence on Beverly Road, not Baker Street, leaving behind not Doctor. Watson, but rather, my wonderful partner, Dr. Smith. Little did I know that I was about to embark upon a mysterious journey fraught with peril and intrigue. I had been engaged by The Music School. Of Delaware to accompany a group to the Steinway and Sons factory. Selecting a Model D. Past expe...

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Inspired By Excellence! » Parent’s Perspective

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). March 30, 2014. Warming up on the piano prior to a recital. Me be nervous for [fill in the name] How sillythis is no big deal though, in my experience raising three children, these parents often care far more than they are letting on, but, hey! That’s a blog for another day). But, back to the nerves that fluttery feeling in your stomachthe feeling that you can’t sit down, or sit still that tension which is felt in your joints oh, dear! Those were allotted to me!

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). One if by land. Two if by sea. April 25, 2014. Listen my friends I’ll tell the tale. Of a most unique and unusual sale. With apologies to Longfellow. I recount one of the more memorable sales of my career. I was a young sales associate at the esteemed M. Steinert and Sons. Historic Six Story Building Overlooking Boston Common. I introduced myself and inquired as to their needs. The father informed me that his daughter had been accepted at Harvard University. We bega...

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Inspired By Excellence! » Behind the Scenes of a Steinway Artist: Part I

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). Behind the Scenes of a Steinway Artist: Part I. April 8, 2014. Steinway artist, Dan Knight, and his wife Julie. Twenty-five years ago, before Dan and I were married, he told me he wanted to be a Steinway Artist. Why do you want to be a Steinway Artist? I asked him. I really didn’t know what it meant. To be a Steinway Artist, he said, is to be acknowledged as one of the best pianists in the world. No small achievement, I thought. They don’t just give you a piano?

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Inspired By Excellence! » Documentation! A story of the Steinway Model S…

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). A story of the Steinway Model S. April 16, 2014. Several years ago, a well know developer in Philadelphia named Carl Dranoff. Contacted me, because he was interested in purchasing a Steinway grand piano for his new building adjacent to Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony House on the Avenue of the Arts. Was the director of Philadelphia’s famed. Curtis Institute of Music. This Model S would be the perfect instrument for Symphony House,&#822...

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). A story of the Steinway Model S. April 16, 2014. Several years ago, a well know developer in Philadelphia named Carl Dranoff. Contacted me, because he was interested in purchasing a Steinway grand piano for his new building adjacent to Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony House on the Avenue of the Arts. Was the director of Philadelphia’s famed. Curtis Institute of Music. This Model S would be the perfect instrument for Symphony House,&#822...

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Inspired By Excellence! » What better way to get to know thy neighbor?

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Steinway Inspired Stories and Events). What better way to get to know thy neighbor? March 11, 2014. I am thrilled to be in Charlotte. What is not to love? The seventy degree weather, the warmth and kindness of those you meet, the beauty of Davidson College. Or the great programming on WDAV… which brings me to this weekend and a night with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. In late January, I had the opportunity to attend a performance while touring the area with Dom Cicchetti of Steinway and Sons. I am re...