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Nicely done

😂 that expression on his face when he said stop

Great editing. Really informative!

This was cool. A bit basic for me at this stage, but what I struggle with is feeling like my piano-playing is missing the fullness a lot of people manage to pull off. Coordination and spacial issues are likely my biggest issues. I love your F G Am chord progression :) Was Fur Elise written after Beethoven went completely deaf? Such a beautiful piece. But then, I love, love, love minor keys.

Great video mate-thanks👍

Superglue, clamps a hope and maybe a prayer. (not a piano repairman, dont take my advice.)

when free= you haul it away. without charging the owner. who doesn't want it

My name is your name

You do the inspection before you buy. Like some of the other comments said. Look for rust. Check the tightness of the tuning pins. Play each note to if all work and feels good. Play the middle notes and let up on the key to hear if any sound is coming out of the bass strings. Or use your finger nail to rake along the bass notes to see if there’s sound coming from them. This is done while not playing the piano. You’re checking for seating of the bass dampers. Same for the middle of the piano. Does the dampers stop the strings from vibrating after letting the key back up. Check the bridle straps. Hammers etc. Because if you’re not careful it may cost a lot to fix the piano.

Thanks for sharing! This is exactly what I did before I bought mine! I got down there with a flashlight to look at the bridges closely. Unfortunately I think I found tiny cracks in it later after it was in my home, but I still love the piano. It's a practice piano for me as I'm training to be a piano technician.

Is this just for upright pianos?

Hey that's the same one I have!

Yeah. Buying a piano for free is really risky. You might have been paid to take it away...

Thanks for the advice. It would be helpful that you show the defect that you are pointing out. For the inexperienced eye it won’t make a difference.

what if it is a crack, what is the danger ?

Fundamentally, I would have thought that having an instrument that will tune and stay in tune to concert pitch would be far more important than insecure bridges that buzz - if I was sold an instrument with insecure bridges, it would go straight back!!

Haha I like that ending !

Thanks!!!

Helpful, indeed - thank you! (Too bad you have to deal with the trolls, who clearly have nothing better to do with their time.)

If it's free, then you're not buying it.

I would love to buy a piano for free? Where can I get one??!!??

I have bought quite a few second hand pianos over the years. (The wife now has a rule that I can only own two at any time but I’m having trouble counting .🤷‍♂️) Anyway, I’ve found that paying an experienced tuner/technician to appraise a piano before purchase is a worthwhile investment. And free pianos are often overpriced!

This piano is for sale BTW - I am currently asking $1,800 if anyone is interested. Otherwise feel free to check out my piano tuning and lessons if you are in southwest Michigan somewhere near Kalamazoo / Portage area - danforbesmusic.net for bookings

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Thanks for the info! ❤

"DO NOT BUY A PIANO EVEN FOR FREE....." - what the heck does that mean? Complete gibberish!

Thankyou .

As a piano technician, I endorse this!

My piano tuner told me that my Hofmann piano's base board is bent and that they cant tune the piano. Sad but true. I will play it till its kaput

Common sense would tell you to look at the sound board and bridges. That's only one thing to check. The pin block is another and you must have a tuning hammer and know what you are doing. If a pin don't set the piano won't hold a pitch. Rust is another thing to look for around the bridges. Rust can be broken without breaking a string but the piano tuner must know how to detune before raising the pitch. I had a piano when I was a teen that sat on a closed in porch room in the summer it was hot out there and cold in the winter. Mom found a tuner that took the challenge to tune the piano and brought it up to pitch. I watched how he detuned the note before raising the pitch up a full step. He even showed me how to replace the bridle straps that were rotted. I sure miss that upright concert grand. It did sound like a concert grand. Big tall piano. The Florida humidity did the piano in. Strings broke in the middle of the night. 73

Thanks, this was helpful.

how much?

I like this piece. Well done !

Did Sigourney pave the way for more of your students doing non-traditional recital numbers? lol

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Nice instructional video

Great job !

Amazing!!

Sweet

Hi Daniel finally found you on the you tube!

Nice lesson!

I did find 1 error....I said the initial 4-chord progression of the chorus is played 4 times, actually only played twice before changing chord progressions. Take note. Also when I said repeat entire sequence before bridge I meant from the very beginning of the song.

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Nice performance.

Anyone hear the birds singing in the background? I happened to have my window open on this pleasant spring day....

Thanks Dan! Very instructive. I took piano lessons for a limited time but this made it simpler than I remember it!