Steinway Piano Gallery was presented with a “Top 100 Dealer Award” by NAMM – the National Association of Music Merchants. Judged by an anonymous group of peers, the Top 100 Dealer Awards spotlight the very best music retailers in the United States. Businesses were chosen based on a variety of criteria ranging from customer service, music education… Read more »

I was talking with an old friend this week and recalled this inspiring speech by the great Steinway Artist and Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu featuring his ‘startling confession.’ Watching this is a must for anyone who wants to realize their dreams. Jon performed for our first Steinway Piano Society event in 1999 and… Read more »

Now more than ever, it’s important to let our representatives in Washington know that every child in America deserves a complete, well-rounded education that includes music and the arts. Next month, I will again join a team of my peers from the Support Music Coalition (and a surprise guest) in Washington, DC, to meet with… Read more »

A recent study in Canada revealed that people feel making music heightens mental focus and enhances creativity. Care to guess which instrument most of them play? Click here to read the Times Colonist article by Derek Abma’s.  

MMR Magazine’s feature of Greg Billings from their March 2011 issue.This is a great, concise history of our family’s journey through the music business including how my grandfather started selling pianos and organs and eventually became one of the largest dealers in the country. Plus, they had a lot of fun along the way! Click… Read more »

In my previous blog, The Three Legged Stool, I shared the three critical parts of a child’s successful music education. Without question, the one I am asked about most often is how to find the right piano for a beginner. So, what makes some pianos good for students and others bad? Above all else, a… Read more »

Simone Dinnerstein is a subtle yet powerful force. Confident enough as a child to tell her mother, “When I grow up, I want to be a solo pianist.” Although she had established herself as an accomplished pianist and teacher in New York City by the time she reached her mid-30’s, her childhood dream persisted. So… Read more »

Congratulations to 2011’s Miss America Teresa Scanlan – the pageant’s youngest ever! The recent high school graduate and great piano player convinced the judges that she was not too young for the job.Click the image below to hear a portion of her rendition of “White Water Chopsticks” performed on a Steinway & Sons Concert Grand… Read more »

It was a great honor (and a whole lot of fun) to spend a hot June day at the Steinway & Sons factory in Astoria with the selection committee from Sun Prairie High School and other special guests. The task: find the perfect piano for the new Performing Arts Center. The Steinway Project, consisting of… Read more »

Unlike the great Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 Frank Capra classic film, I went to Washington as an advocate instead of a senator. Including myself, more than 30 NAMM Members took time away from their businesses and day-to-day schedules May 10-13 to travel to Washington D.C. and engage lawmakers in discussions about funding music and… Read more »