KEYS
OF THE CITY
Randy
Weston performed a thrilling set on the Yamaha C7
Conservatory piano provided by Boston Organ & Piano.
Boston
Organ & Piano is a proud sponsor of KEYS
OF THE CITY. Keys of the City is the new Summer Series of the Equinox
Music Festival. This series will feature some of Boston's most prestigious
keyboard artists. This series takes place at The Strand Theater in Dorchester
and tickets can be obtained at 617-282-8000.
| June
14 |
Randy
Weston |
| June
25 |
Yasko
Kubota & the Power Jazz Trio |
| July
9 |
Rollins
Ross Trio |
| July
23 |
Lazlo
Gardony Trio |
| August
6 |
Frank
Wilkins Trio |
August
20 |
George
W. Russell Jr. Trio |
March, 2003
BOP
& BALDWIN
Henry
Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitars, successfully revived Gibson in the
90's with the help of Ted Stalet (left) and Phil Menino (right). After
acquiring Baldwin, Juszkiewicz assigned Stalet and Menino to help restore
Baldwin to its former prominence. First thing Baldwin did was get A-Level
dealers in major markets. Boston Organ & Piano (John Totaro-center)
is thrilled to partner with Baldwin toward reaching the common goal
of merchandising The American Classic, Baldwin.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
MEETING
Every
Tuesday morning the entire piano service department and Vice President
John Totaro meet to discuss what is going well and what still needs work
related to customer service. This enables the entire Boston Organ &
Piano staff to know that either every single customer is happy with their
instrument or we are working on it.
2002
DECEMBER,
2002
CONNOISSEUR
COLLECTION
GALLERY UNVEILED !
The Connoisseur Collection
room is now officially open in our Route 9 Natick location! This gallery
of the finest pianos in the world houses over half a million dollars
worth of rare inventory.
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Eric Johnson, Yamaha
Concert and Artist Services Director; Maestro Keith Lockhart; Ray Totaro,
Boston Organ & Piano at Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts.
October,
2002
CONNOISSEUR
COLLECTION GALLERY
The Connoisseur
Collection gallery is currently being created in Natick. This room (which
for 23 years has been used as storage
for crated grand pianos) will be the flagship showroom for Boston Organ
& Piano. High end grand pianos from all over the world will be on display.
April,
2002
JOHANNUS
CHURCH ORGAN SYSTEMS MEETING
Ray Totaro (left)
recently met with Gert Stoffer, Vice President of Johannus (center) and
Richard Giglio (right) to discuss Boston Organ & Piano's success at merchandising
Johannus Church Organ Systems in New England. During this visit, Ray Totaro
gave Gert Stoffer a tour of our new church organ showroom in Medfield,
Massachusetts.
January,
2002
MERRILY
WE SHOP ALONG
Boston
Organ & Piano has a pool of Yamaha Disklavier player pianos that are available
(free of charge) to be placed in high profile commercial settings. Some
of the fine companies that have participated in the program are:
Shreve, Crump
& Low
Tiffany & Company
Foreign Motors West
The Copley Plaza Hotel
The Four Seasons, Boston
Filene's
Bloomingdales
The Fleet Center
RH Long Cars
2001
December, 2001
YAMAHA
CLAVINOVA FESTIVAL
As part of the "Enriching
Lives Through Music Participation" program sponsored by Yamaha Corporation
of America, Boston Organ and Piano was pleased to sponsor a Yamaha Clavinova
Festival. Piano players from beginners to advanced participated
in the six-day event.
Participant
Sara Gorman is pictured
signing the Wall of Fame in Signature Hall.
October, 2001
TODAY’S
PIANO TUNER NEEDS TO BE A HIGHLY-TRAINED TECHNICIAN
Fine
pianos are still manufactured very much like those of the past. However,
Yamaha’s Disklavier piano requires the skills and knowledge of highly
trained technicians. Omar Medina has just returned from a seminar that
teaches the most advanced points of Disklavier service. Yamaha Corporation
of America at the company’s national headquarters in Buena Park, California
conducts this professional training seminar. All phases of service regarding
the Disklavier pianos are covered at the special Yamaha School. Omar Medina
will now join Boston Organ & Piano Service Department Manager, George
Burke, in offering customers the most competent, up-to-date service available.
No longer
can piano tuners learn their trade through years of personal instruction
at a factory from a master. There are only a few schools in the country
teaching service work today. Some manufacturers and some colleges offer
basic lecture series. In order to provide proper service for these instruments,
Yamaha offers this highly specialized school. Considered among professionals
as the first and best of its type, only eight student technicians attend
each seminar. The sessions are very intense, offering individual hands-on
instruction.
The Yamaha
Disklavier is an amazing instrument. The Disklavier is not only a traditional
piano, but it can record anything played on it. The Yamaha Disklavier
can play back what is recorded, send recorded information to a computer
to print the music played, and has many other features. More and more
of these instruments are being purchased by our customers, making expert
training and then service in the field essential.
Omar
Medina (seated) is pictured with Tom Kaplan of Yamaha.
August, 2001
Employees
of Boston Organ & Piano & Yamaha
recently enjoyed a vacation in St. Thomas, USVI together.
During an awards ceremony Artie Doran was recognized as
Boston Organ & Piano's top volume Yamaha sales specialist.
Artie
Doran (center) is pictured with Jim Levesque,
Yamaha District Manager-Piano Division (left) and
Mark McNeary, Yamaha National Sales Manager-Piano Division.
2000
October 30, 2000
Students of Maureen Hamilton were Inducted
into Signature Hall
on October 30, 2000.
Congratulations to:
Claire Hamilton
Lanie Yardley
Daniel Cohen
Danny Ferrari
Katherine Worthington
Barbara LaFleur
Nate Perry
October 25, 2000
Sue Downs at Signature Hall
Yamaha Recording Artist Sue
Downs recently conducted two concerts at
Boston Organ & Piano. Both concerts were performed upon the state of
the art
Yamaha Disklavier grand piano. One of the concerts was designed for
music educators and Ms. Downs demonstrated the many educational features
that the Disklavier offers.
Sue Downs leads a discussion with Music Educators
on the
many values of teaching with a Yamaha Disklavier.
September 04, 2000
Boston Organ & Piano staff members recently
volunteered at the 2000 WGBH Auction
(l-r) Richard Giglio, Janet Totaro, John Totaro,
Dave King,
Ray Totaro, Diana Bancroft, Trish Totaro, Don Bancroft
June 01, 2000
Helena Vesterman at European Piano School
Helena Vesterman, renowned Concert Artist and
Educator,
held a Master Class on May 20, 2000 sponsored by
Boston Organ & Piano's European Piano School.
1999
November 13, 1999
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