What can a QRS PNOmation3 system do for your piano? We decided to explore the possibilities.

Many of you know that the owner's son, J. Kent Layton, doubles as a maritime historian and author, and that he has a number of books and videos on different ships available. However, J and his wife, Tess, decided to merge two different universes, creating a mashup of his work as a maritime historian and author with his work on pianos.

The husband and wife duo worked to transcribe 20 different period pieces of ocean liner-related music, many of which were very rare. The 'Vintage' tracks on this new album, "Liners Of The Golden Era: A Musical Tribute, Volume 1", are all recorded from QRS systems on vintage pianos (about 100+ years old) that came through our shop for full restoration and the installation of QRS systems. The results are astonishing.

Check out this new album wherever you stream digital music -- Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc. When you buy the album at Apple Music, a digital booklet is included that discusses the entire process, and the history of each piece of music. Here is the link to the album at Apple Music. We hope you enjoy this album; we all worked very hard on it! Please leave us a positive review if you like the results, and help spread the word about this album! #pianos #pianomusic #QRS #Titanic #lusitania

https://music.apple.com/us/album/liners-of-the-golden-era-a-musical-tribute-vol-1/1684717339 ... See more

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Last night we took some video of the Story & Clark playing with the mechanism revealed. Enjoy!

As requested, here is a video of the newly-restored 1915 Bond playing an 1843 song by the composer Balfe, "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" on its new QRS digital player system. Although nearly 180 years old, this song was later covered by Enya in a very popular rendition.

Wegman pianos were made locally in Auburn, NY. They were a tremendously high-quality instrument. But when the factory burned down on May 1, 1914, the company never recovered. This piano came in for restoration yesterday. It is one of the last pianos to come out of the factory before the fire, from about February 1914, and is a genuinely historic piano. Stay tuned for updates! #piano #pianotuner #pianorestorations #pianolovers #pianorestoration #pianos #pianorepair #wegmanpiano #wegmanpianocompany ... See more

7/26/21 COVID Update:
We are happy to let you know that our entire staff here at Accutone Piano Service is fully vaccinated against COVID, and that, in addition, we are still taking all precautions when working in our customers' homes, both for our own safety and that of all of our clients. Please give us a call or send us a message or email about your piano project. We're looking to resume traveling to more distant locations for large piano projects in the next month or so.

COVID-19 Update – 3/9/2021

During this time of uncertainty with COVID-19 still dominating the headlines, we here at Accutone have resumed cautiously and carefully performing some in-home service calls for those customers whose pianos are in need of attention. We are taking all necessary precautions to protect our own health, and that of our family and our customers as well. Here are just a few of the guidelines we are following to that end:

Masking – We will be masking during our appointment, and it is appreciated if our customers would do so as well.

Social distancing – We make every effort to remain at least 6 feet from our customers during our visit, and appreciate your cooperation. If at all possible, we request that during the time we’re working on the piano, we have the room the piano is in to ourselves.

Sanitizing – we come equipped with anti-viral wipes to use on frequently-touched surfaces such as piano keys at the beginning and end of the service call. We also make use of hand sanitizer.

We are careful to make our in-home visitations only when we are healthy. If we have scheduled an appointment with you, and the day of the appointment comes and we are unwell – even if we are quite certain that the illness is not COVID-related – we will contact you to reschedule. We also ask our customers do the same for us. If we have scheduled an appointment, and someone in the home is unwell on the day of the appointment, we ask that you please inform us so that we may re-schedule for a more opportune time.

We feel that these precautions are necessary, regardless of vaccination status, since there is a great deal of conflicting information on safe post-vaccination activities.

For customers living out of state, in many cases we would be able to arrange for restoration work to be initiated by the use of email, photos, and phone consultation. Please contact us for information. ... See more

Duck, duck, goose! You never know what you'll encounter when you're returning a piano. Here our trusty moving team encounters a duck as we returned the 2006 Pearl River grand with its new QRS player system. The customer was thrilled with the new system! Today was a fantastic first day for us to get back out there helping everyone make music again!

Duck, duck, goose! You never know what you'll encounter when you're returning a piano. Here our trusty moving team encounters a duck as we returned the 2006 Pearl River grand with its new QRS player system. The customer was thrilled with the new system! Today was a fantastic first day for us to get back out there helping everyone make music again!

After months of quarantine and lockdown, Accutone Piano Service returns to limited operations tomorrow when these two beauties are returned to their owners. The upright, a 1910 Wegman, underwent full restoration and the installation of a new QRS PNOmation3 player system. The grand, a crisp and beautiful Pearl River, also had a QRS system installed. Here they play Beethoven's Turkish March in sync to celebrate our return to service and their return to home. Stay safe out there, everyone!