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Feb 02 2010

Piano Serial Numbers: What They Can Do For You

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Many people have asked about piano serial numbers and how they relate to the make and model of their piano. With serial number in hand, you can usually find out when and where your piano was manufactured. Sites list piano serial numbers and the valuation of a piano, and there are couple of really good places to go where you can get this information. They offer age determinations and some charge a small fee for valuations online.

By utilizing piano numbers from brands like Kawai, Yamaha and a few Korean-made pianos, the information supplied is actually available for free if you know where to look. Other models may be harder to find because records or documentation have been lost over time. These models can still be dated, but it may require a bit of research in order to track it down. This could result in a small fee for the really obscure pianos.

Piano serial numbers allows for the assessment of a piano’s worth, along with photographs and model numbers. There is no replacement, however, for an expert appraisal, especially if you intend to sell your piano. Many people have gems in their houses they don’t really know they have. An old piano could sell for $500 or $5,000 dollars or more depending on the make, model and condition that it is in.

Piano serial numbers will go a long way towards establishing the true age and worth of the piano, turning it from the old piano taking up room in the middle room into a known family treasure. Even if it is not worth that much, it is still a great instrument to learn how to play making it something worth fixing up and keeping.

Keep in mind that while serial numbers can get you information about the age of your instrument, it doesn’t describe it entirely. You need to look at things like the condition of the wrest plank, key dip, tuning pin condition and the like. You’ll need to provide this if you decide to sell.

Now that you know more about how piano serial numbers work, you can find out how to get your piano valued. If

you’re looking for more information on how to get your piano appraised, check out a cool site that has an ebook on getting your piano valued.

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Feb 02 2010

Carolan’s Dream – played on celtic harp

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Turlough O’Carolan was an irish harpist who lived in the mid-1600s and wrote pieces for the people he met and stayed with – playing music in exchange for hospitality. Tradition has it that the harp was played last thing at night, before people went to bed. The building I’m playing it in was a bakery built around 1790, serving the local houses. The bread oven is in the stone wall behind me, and the building has a new floor and triple-glazing on the windows. It’s a great mixture of old and new and a great place to play this music. Appropriately, I recorded this piece very late one night, and just went with the first take so the playing has the odd rough bits. I like to think that’s authentic – apparently Carolan never played the same way twice. Bet he never had as much trouble as I did finding divx codecs, either! Only the melodies survive, so I’ve done this arrangement myself and I’m playing it here on a Pilgrim gut-strung harp. The arrangement and video is my copyright. You are welcome to learn and play the arrangement (by ear – I haven’t written it down!) if you like it – but please credit me if you play it in public. If you like it, I’ll post more music. To make the recording I used a Sony 3-CCD camera direct to hard disk, with one audio take, noise-reduced in Cool Edit Pro, with Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the visuals together. If you want a higher-quality file to download and keep on your computer, just send me a message. CD NOW AVAILABLE! Just type “Mark Harmer” into Amazon.co.uk search or if you’re in the UK, see here: tinyurl.com If you prefer itunes it’s at itunes.apple.com

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Feb 02 2010

Celtic Spirit

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Celtic Spirit

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Feb 02 2010

Celtic Music – Musica Celta – The Rights of Man

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Bella canción tradicional celta, en una de mis versiones favoritas. Beautiful traditional Celtic song, in one of my favorite versions. Download this song: www.mediafire.com

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Feb 02 2010

Celtic Treasure – The Legacy of Turlough O’Carolan

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Celtic Treasure – The Legacy of Turlough O’Carolan

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