by Sonja Lynne | Oct 15, 2022 |
Over my 30+ years of music industry experience, I have often been asked how much should one budget for a first piano (or as some like to call it, a “starter” piano)? The problem with this question is the assumption that you will buy more than one piano in your...
by Sonja Lynne | Aug 15, 2022 |
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Julie Hackmann from the Kyrene School District. Mrs. Hackmann is the Coordinator of Kyrene’s Visual and Performing Arts Department. It has been a year since her district replaced nearly all of their old school pianos with...
by Sonja Lynne | Jul 1, 2022 |
Bosendorfer Piano Company was founded on July 25, 1828. On this date, the company was granted membership into the illustrious Austrian Instruments Manufacturers Guild. From the very beginning, the Bösendorfer family set out to make a piano that would attract the...
by Sonja Lynne | May 4, 2022 |
Without a doubt, one of the greatest challenges for music educators, administrators and college deans is finding funds for musical equipment. With dwindling budgets, failing gear and all those field trips, concert tours, performances, visiting artists, and so much...
by Sonja Lynne | Mar 1, 2022 |
Have a Piano to Donate? Donated pianos are a part of life in institutions around the world. Those of us who are lucky enough to own a piano know that pianos are often passed on from one generation to the next. They almost become a part of the family. There comes a...
