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Piano, Organ, and Keyboard/Questions Answered by Expert David Longo
| Subject | Date Asked |
| info on piano | 6/12/2008 |
| Q: can you please give me any info on a schiller cable piano. the number i found on it is 305481 ... A: Your question has been read and thank you for your participation. As the description of this member ... | |
| pianos | 5/6/2008 |
| Q: I have been playing piano for 10 years now and am now working on my grade 8 -royal conservatory of ... A: Laura, This is not an easy question to answer, as personal taste comes into play, along with how ... | |
| Keyboard Purchase | 5/4/2008 |
| Q: I really don't know who would be the best person to answer my question. I have not had a piano for ... A: First of all, if you have the desire to play, I'll be the first one to tell you that there is no ... | |
| Keyboard or Piano? | 3/8/2008 |
| Q: Which would you recommend for a complete beginner just learning to play: buying a "real" Piano, or ... A: .. also, a couple of links you might find useful in the future: ... | |
| Kimball Piano | 3/6/2008 |
| Q: I have my grandmas piano and am trying to find out some history of the piano. It is a Whitney by ... A: .. I have a limited amount of information regarding Whitney - my resources tell me that Whitney was ... | |
| Conn/Kimball piano | 2/25/2008 |
| Q: I purchased a Conn/Kimball piano in 1986 - Serial #C15101. At the time I was told it had "artist" ... A: Donna, Hello..... I know what you are referring to because I own a Kimball. From the very first ... | |
| Piano | 2/20/2008 |
| Q: I have an old Piano that is from M Shultz Co.established 1869 Chicago, that is what it says on the ... A: Diane, Go to the link below... once you do, you'll see illustrations. Serial #'s are generally ... | |
| Practice | 2/12/2008 |
| Q: I have been playing piano for 8 years, and after all this time, I still hate to practice. Also, ... A: Nice to hear about your involvement with the piano. There are a number of things I don't know about ... | |
| What is the plug for? | 2/11/2008 |
| Q: I have a baldwin aerosonic piano. It was just given to me. What is the plug for? Thanks for your ... A: (A brief follow up to my last response to you) By the way, I happen to like the way the Baldwin ... | |
| Piano/Keyboards Instrumentalists | 2/3/2008 |
| Q: I am in search for some good instrumental music and I wanted to know if you have any recommendation. ... A: .. Wow there are so many styles out there, hmmmmm... when it comes to piano instrumental, I'm a ... | |
| starting to improvise and looking for music | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: I'v been playing classical piano for a few years, and now i'm starting to learn improvisation by ... A: First, yes, the chord symbols are the same - you are looking at gutar fretboard symbols as displayed ... | |
| Walking bass | 8/9/2007 |
| Q: I recently started jazz piano lessons, but my teacher had to leave (college). I've been playing ... A: Nice to see you're pursuing jazz studies. You can take much of the complexity out the learning ... | |
| KAWAI XO-2 serial number 2271900 | 4/13/2007 |
| Q: We just bought the above piano in Canada for 3500CAD and wondering if you can give us any info based ... A: Nice to hear about your investment - good for you; enjoy it! Okay, if you want to learn a little ... | |
| Kimball piano | 3/26/2007 |
| Q: Do you know how much my piano is worth? It is a Kimball, upright, solid wood, art deco style, ... A: Nice to hear from you. Just a little background: Kimball Piano Group was founded in 1857... In 1959, ... | |
| Kimball Organ | 2/4/2007 |
| Q: I have a Kimball L45 Shangri-La Organ and was wondering what it is worth approximately. It was ... A: According to the resource located at: http://www.mitatechs.com/cross.html this organ was built in ... | |
Answers by Expert:
David Longo
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Expertise
Dave can respond to questions that have to do with getting the most out of practice sessions, jazz piano, improvisation, getting started with a new piano teacher, and e-mail coaching. Due to the nature of this service, responses will be limited to text. Therefore, questions whose answers require actual musical examples, for example, cannot be responded to. For those types of questions, please consider online coaching with Dave.
Questions regarding the age, value, brand, or technical aspects of your piano will not be answered here. A reliable resource can be found by clicking here.
Dave is the creator of the very popular ProProach piano chord program, which serves as a very unique, inspiring, and effective tool when it comes to helping you to achieve those very special "pro-like" sounding chords on the piano. You can learn about ProProach by visiting here.
Experience
Over 25 years experience as a pianist, with stronger focuses on popular and jazz idioms.
Education/Credentials
Attended Berklee College of Music, studied with various performers who specialize in the popular and jazz idioms.
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