by James Harding | Mar 21, 2020 |
Q. Can I start lessons on a keyboard? The answer to this question depends on how you define the word “keyboard.” If you are considering a $100-$500 portable keyboard, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Toy keyboards – like what you find at electronics store or...
by James Harding | Feb 15, 2020 |
People often compare the piano retail business to used car sales and, frankly, I can understand why. Over the years, far too many piano dealers have participated in misleading advertising schemes, unethical pricing practices, “bait and switch” tactics,...
by James Harding | Jan 16, 2020 |
As a music industry professional, clinician, and national trades columnist, one of my great passions is sharing new techniques and teaching tools with progressive educators all over the world. Since we all share the same goal (making more music makers), we are all...
by James Harding | Dec 19, 2019 |
One of the most common questions we get at Riverton Piano Company is “What do the three pedals do?” Well, put simply, the function of the pedals is to alter the tone of the piano in some way. In fact, the first piano didn’t have pedals at all. Part...
by James Harding | Dec 1, 2019 |
Prior to my 2018 move to Phoenix, I had spent all of my professional life in one river town or the other, and the question everyone seemed to want answered is how to better control the humidity surrounding a piano. Is it better to install a humidity control system...
