Kenneth Rexrode’s mother is a pianist, but he never had any real interest in playing an instrument. After being strongly nudged to try the piano and trombone when he was younger, he was finally “set ...
The National Association of Piano Dealers reported 364,545 sales of new instruments in the United States in 1909. That was four times the number of automobiles manufactured in the country that same ...
Some of the 40ish pianos out back behind Chuck Slaughter's home in Thornton, kept for parts or just out of inertia. Slaughter has been a piano tuner and technician for half a century. Credit: Chuck ...
Music has a way of carrying memories, but sometimes the instruments themselves have stories to tell.Across New Hampshire, old pianos — some decades old — are finding second lives, whether in family ...