...is written for piano owners: parents, teachers and pupils who want to understand better how their pianos work and how to take care of them.
Sections include information on:
- Buying A Piano
- How Your Piano Is Made
- Tuning The Piano
- Caring For Your Piano
- The Weather And Your Piano
- The Piano Tuner
The book is written in non-technical language and contains over 100 humorous and instructive cartoons which will attract young piano pupils.
You will find this book at some music stores
or you may order it directly from author:
Ken Burton,
3715 7 Ave NW,
Calgary, AB, T2N 4J1
or phone 403-283-0646.
The cost is $14.95 plus shipping.
The cartoons used in this web site are from the book, "Dear Doctor Piano," and are used by courtesy of author Ken Burton.
"Tooner Tales" contains over 150 funny and amazing stories about pianos and piano tuners. The stories were contributed by piano technicians from all over North America.
If you want a good laugh from incidents involving one of your favorite keyboard instruments, purchase this book for $11.95 plus shipping, if necessary.
You will find Tooner Tales at some music stores or you may order it from author Ken Burton. (See above)
The full title of this book is DOWNRIGHT UPRIGHT --
A HISTORY OF
THE CANADIAN PIANO INDUSTRY.
Author Wayne Kelly has written a detailed and well-illustrated tribute to Canadian Piano Manufacturing, which began in Quebec in the late 18th century, flourished and then faded out in the 1980's. But, during that period, some of the best pianos in the world were made in Canada.
You'll find this book in lots of music stores or order from
Chapters. ISBN: 0-920474-60-8
THE PIANO BOOK by Larry Fine
...is an excellent manual on piano construction and quality. With lots of illustrations, it goes into considerable detail in pointing out the differences in features among
various makes of pianos. It will be a great help in choosing a high quality
instrument.
If you can't find this book in a music store, ask your piano
tuner or write to:
Brookside Press,
P.O. Box 178,
Jamaica Plain,
MA. 02130
Website: The Piano Book
