http://www.amromusic.com/amro-blogAmro Blog Updatesen-us Q: When I am playing my saxophone some notes won’t play and others sound “airy.” Is this something that can be fixed? What is going on? The saxophone is a...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114104Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:31:00 Z Q: I have a French horn and the valves are very slow. What is causing that problem and what would that repair cost me? There could be a few reasons that would cause this to ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114105Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:53:00 Z I have a trombone. When I go beyond the 7th position it starts hanging up. What would be the cost to fix it?   If you go beyond the 7th position...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114103Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:14:00 Z When I try to play certain notes on my flute, no sound comes out. I think the pad is bad. How much would it cost to replace that pad?   There ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114102Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:06:00 Z When I push the third valve down on my trumpet, the air flow slows down and sometimes stops! What's causing the problem? Will I have to bring it in to be fixed?   ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114101Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:45:00 Z We just got a clarinet for my daughter. She says it's not making any sounds. What's wrong with it? What would it cost to fix it?   There are a...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=114100Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:10:00 Z Caring for Your Clarinet Some Tips on What to Do — And What Not to Do — From Our Instrument Repair Techs   Breaking In A New Clarinet One...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=112464Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:45:00 Z Bobby LavellE We were lucky to have Bobby Lavelle, the renowned sax player, here in the store, and get his expert advice.   What makes a good sax? ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=111578Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:44:00 Z Glenn Gould was notorious for his casual relationship to Steinway loaner pianos. Part of bending over backward for Steinway artists meant indulging their occasional abuses of the [borrowed] pianos.  On one occasion, a hotel piano was...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=111577Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:40:00 Z Of Steinway & Sons' Henry Z. Steinway: "To Henry Z., in the business of piano making, craft came before science.  General Motors had hundreds of engineers who made detailed drawings of every screw that went into a car before a model...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=111576Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:38:00 Z Page 69: “Most of Steinway’s craftsmen took enormous pride in the work they did.  Many, from the tone regulators to the bellymen, signed their names and the dates somewhere inside each piano they worked on, especially the...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=110166Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:29:00 Z Page 43:  “In the early 1900s, when men were flocking to the [piano-tuning] profession, some found the constant exposure to loud, often dissonant tones unbearable…  In the early twentieth century, piano tuners outnumbered members...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=110165Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:26:00 Z To a music librarian: “What key do you think my personality is in?”  I am on page 4 of the book, and I am delighted.  I am barely ashamed that it occurs to me that Glenn Gould’s edition of “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me,” the...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=110163Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:47:00 Z Glenn Gould, Part I: "Affirmative Exhortation"     What I know starting out: Glenn Gould was a crazy.  He loved the telephone, and...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=110027Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:05:00 Z   I told my granddaughter that she could put one app on my phone, so she could play with it when she is at my house.  She chose an aquarium...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109635Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:23:00 Z There are really only 3 types of strings - steel core, nylon/synthetic core and gut. GUT Very warm, soft tone - the pro player's choice for orchestral & chamber music STEEL Brighter & louder, easier to play -...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109435Fri, 21 May 2010 17:00:00 Z   Welcome to the "2010 Summer of Piano.”  I’ve always thought it’s fun the way that popular radio stations will promote a summer as the “Endless Summer”...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109415Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00:00 Z What's the difference between the Bach and the Accent brass mouthpieces? Customers ask that question every day.   Accent brass mouthpieces are less...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109375Thu, 13 May 2010 16:58:00 Z Common Questions Concerning Flood-Damaged Pianos Q:    Our piano was exposed to water during a recent flood.  Is there a possibility that this piano can be repaired?  Will the damage to the instrument be evident...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109322Wed, 05 May 2010 17:40:00 Z   I am relieved.  In my most recent lesson, two Saturdays ago, Sandy quoted somebody-- wouldn’t it be great if I could remember who these...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109192Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:49:00 Z   I suddenly realized, a couple of days ago, that I have reached a milestone in learning to play the piano.  After 18 lessons in the Recreational Music ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=109035Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:01:00 Z   Today I have to face the music.  Literally.  You see, we have had sort of a Spring Break in our piano class.  We skipped a couple of weeks, because of ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=108927Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:05:00 Z         I am no longer a beginning piano player.  But, don’t worry, that doesn’t mean that I’ve quit.  To the contrary, I have started my ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=108621Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:58:00 Z It seems like we're always seeing articles and studies documenting the benefits of music education, and an equal number bemoaning the lack of it.  Nobody at Amro isn't a little heartbroken with each of those articles.  The folks that...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=108278Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:00:00 Z Uncle Joe's Book Pick of the Week by Joe Utsey, Print Music Specialist   ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=108248Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:10:00 Z   By Frank Cantrell, Sr. I’ve told you before that I love my Roland FP-4 electronic piano.  I’m not backing off of that statement-- but over the...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=108044Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:28:00 Z   PASIC 2009: Day One by Alan Compton, In-store Educational Representative and Percussion Master ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107963Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:13:00 Z     We all remember certain "firsts" in our lives.  First Day of School (Rutherford Elementary, Louisville KY, 1958), First time on Stage ("Bunny Pink...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107896Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:20:00 Z         I’ve often said, “If it’s not sports or law, I don’t know anything about it.”  There’s more truth to that than I’d like to...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107839Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:00 Z    I thought Jason might be pulling a practical joke on me at my lesson last week.  You know how in every business there’s the “inside joke” that you pull...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107776Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:54:00 Z    “Some things are just worth knowing.”  That’s what I told Frank Jr. the other day when I was telling him how much I’m enjoying my piano lessons. ...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:20:00 Z    All I want for Christmas ...  is a Christmas song.  And I think I might get one.  A lot of us who dream of playing the piano like to picture ourselves at a...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107529Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:00 Z   Maybe you had to be there.  I hope not, because that would mean I’m not much of a blogger.  But you should have seen the looks on our faces.  Well,...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107468Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:00 Z So much has happened in the three short weeks since my last blog, I hardly know where to begin.  Actually, I know exactly where to begin.  I GOT MY PIANO!  Sorry for the yelling, but the day after my last blog entry, I GOT MY PIANO...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107421Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:44:00 Z Do you ever make one decision that, then, makes another decision easy for you?  I did that Thursday night.  It was the last class for my adult beginners’ piano group at Amro.  Sitting there, loving every minute, I decided that I...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107167Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:10:00 Z When I was a kid, I loved sports.  No matter the season, I was always on some kind of a team.  I’m not saying I was any good, but I really looked forward to the practices and the games.  When I had to miss one, I didn’t...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107154Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:58:00 Z I need some help from the sports fans in the group.  Do me a favor.  Hold up a finger like you’re at a ball game, signaling, “We’re Number 1.”  Or, better yet, go to the closet and get that big foam finger that you take to the...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=107097Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:14:00 Z Progress.  Music to my ears.  Literally.  During last night’s lesson, for the first time, if I focused with all my might, I could think about what both hands were supposed to be doing.  I would study the piece for a few...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106995Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:43:00 Z I was on my way to my piano lesson tonight when I heard on the radio that a club was featuring “local musicians” this weekend.  I got to thinking, after 3 piano lessons (4 now), can I call myself a local musician?  Why not?  It’s...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106963Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:25:00 Z Some people might sign up for group piano lessons, at least in part, as a way to meet interesting people.  That would be a pretty good idea, really.  Not me, though.  I took this class for one simple reason: I have always wanted to...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106962Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:23:00 Z  You know, there’s a lot being written these days about ways to stay mentally sharp as we grow older.  It turns out that exercises like counting backwards, and taking different routes to familiar places, can slow the mental aging...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106927Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:28:00 Z I’ve said it many times: If I have one regret, it’s that I never learned to play the piano.  Then a sign in front of Amro Music made me realize what’s wrong with that statement.  The sign says that Amro guarantees that I (and,...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106925Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:15:00 ZWelcome to Amro's new blog on adult piano lessons! For the next eight weeks, we'll be posting entries from a new student, Frank.  55 and a Memphis lawyer, Frank is in our Thursday night class and we're delighted to get a beginning...http://www.amromusic.com/default.aspx?p=40272&beid=106924Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:14:26 Z