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Dear (Contact First
Name),
Welcome to Greene Music, San Diego's
only authorized dealer for new Steinway & Sons and Yamaha pianos.
We like to keep in contact with our
friends and fellow music lovers with news about upcoming concerts,
recitals, workshops, special sale events, even tips and tricks from
teachers and musicians in our Greene Family. So when you see "Greene
Music News" in your inbox, check in and see what's new!
Do
you have any questions or comments? Click here and send us a note!
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BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS
Chicago, IL - Plank and Plunk Piano Corp. has recalled over 20,000 pianos because of
sticky pedals, forcing pianists to play much faster than intended and
causing several accidentals. Even though there have been no reported
deafs, criticism of the company has been sharp.
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Mini-Concert and Workshop
Two of Greene Music's finest will
teach and entertain you!
Saturday, April 17, 3:30pm
Jay Jay Lim | Jay Jay Lim
Plays Jazz on the Yamaha's new Hybrid and digital pianos
What's new in piano technology? Join Jay Jay for a jazzy tour of the latest and greatest new pianos!
Jay Jay Lim received his B.S. from the University of
Arizona, his B.M. in Music Therapy from Berklee College of Music, and
more recently, his M.M. in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University.
He has been with Greene Music since 1999.
In addition to teaching for the Greene Music Education Center, he has
represented Greene music as a music therapist, facilitating music
therapy groups at various residential and assisted living centers
throughout San Diego County. He also participated as a research team
member in the Yamaha-sponsored Music Making and Wellness project of
2002-2003.
You may find him performing as a jazz pianist at various venues
throughout San Diego, including Croce's (in the gaslamp, every Friday
night), South Park Bar and Grill, and Cafe La Maze (National City, CA).
He teaches Piano I and Introduction to Music at Grossmont College and is
the music director for Park Hill United Methodist Church (Chula Vista,
CA).
Elyse Reed
"A Classical pianist's comparison
of the old and the new"
Here is your chance to hear a world-class pianist sample the best of traditional acoustic and new digital pianos side-by-side
Elyse Reed has been playing the piano since the age of
3. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Music at Point Loma Nazarene
University where she was awarded a Music Department Scholarship,
Willow-May Beresford Scholarship for piano, Dean's Academic Scholarship,
and MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Scholarship. She also
won first place for her classical piano performance at "MusicFest",
South West CAPMT District I.
Elyse has studied with
Larry Wagner at Wagner's World of Music, Ruby Styler, Eula Clark, Myrna
Gowing, and Brenda Martin.
Elyse has accompanied for many ensembles, including numerous musical
theater productions, musical theater class, gospel choir, concert choir,
vocal jazz ensemble, orchestra (harpsichord and piano), ballet, opera
workshops, vocal classes, and solo vocalists and instrumentalists.
Elyse comes to Greene
Music with a background in teaching both private piano and group
lessons, including beginning piano classes at Point Loma Nazarene
University. She is pursuing a Masters of Piano Pedagogy at San Diego
State University while continuing to accompany and teach.
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IN CONCERT 
St. Francis Place
Jazz Band
"The Re-Birth of Cool Jazz"
If you love jazz, this quintet will remind you of masters like Miles Davis, Lester Young, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz and more. If you're new to jazz or maybe on the fence, you just might come away with an appreciation for this beautiful American art form.
St. Francis Place will entertain you with a style that isn't too
abstract or aggressive - in other words, just right!
Sunday, May 16 at 4:00pm
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Presenting Craig Knudsen
Don't miss this workshop on
Saturday, April 24th!
1:00 pm Clavinova Digital Pianos
4:00 pm Disklavier Player Pianos
 Want to learn how to play the piano? Want to learn how to play the piano
better?
Then join us for these FREE workshops on Saturday the 24th, and see what's new from YAMAHA!
Whether you're an advanced
player or a beginner...even if you've never touched a piano or keyboard,
Craig Knudsen will show you how new technology can make it fast, easy
and FUN to learn!
About Craig Knudsen: Few keyboardists can claim
to be a one-time featured attraction on the Universal Studios tour in
Hollywood, CA, an imaginative creator of software for high-tech musical
instruments, and the subject of a case study at Harvard Business School.
But not many keyboardists have a resume that reads like that of Craig
Knudsen. He was the Music Director for the gala ceremonies for the
grand opening of the Universal Studios complex in Orlando, Florida,
sharing the stage with Steven Spielberg, Michael J. Fox and Jimmy
Stuart. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in March, 1992.
Most recently, Knudsen helped Disney
create two new shows for their $15 million dollar renovation of
Tomorrowland in Anaheim, CA, that features the YAMAHA Disklavier,
Clavinova Digital Piano and several other YAMAHA instruments.
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Why do pianos go out of tune?
Pianos stay in tune much better than most stringed instruments! A
guitar can go out of tune within an hour,
and a violin might need tuning after only 15 or 20 minutes of playing, but a piano only needs to be tuned about once every three to six months. This
is because a piano has heavy, steel wires held by an iron frame.The
steel wires are under a lot of tension, which keeps them stable even
when they are struck by the hammers - in other words, the piano will go out of tune whether you play it or not (It's the weather!).
Both iron and steel expand
and contract slightly in response to changes in heat and cold, but very
little. Wood does respond to changes in both temperature and relative
humidity. Wooden objects in a room absorb some of the
moisture from the air, causing them to expand.
Although the frame of a piano is iron, the soundboard and bridge
are made of wood. The strings all rest on top of a maple bridge. When a note
is played, the bridge transfers their vibration to the soundboard,
which amplifies it. When the relative humidity rises, the soundboard
swells, pressing the bridge into the strings. This increases the tension
in the strings, raising the pitch. When the
relative humidity falls, the soundboard shrinks, lowering the tension in
the strings and the pitch.
As small changes in humidity cause the strings to raise and lower
in pitch, they never settle back quite into the same place they were
before. Slowly, they get more and more out of tune. Usually, the pitch
will slowly drop as the piano gets more out of tune.
The
strings are all under different amounts of pressure, which can cause
them to go out of tune at different rates. When this happens, the piano
goes out of tune with itself. That is what causes that sour, unpleasant
sound that really out of tune pianos have.
Here are three top reasons to keep up a regular tuning schedule:
1. Pianos that are in tune get played a lot more!
2. Someone in your family will probably want the piano in the future, and you'll save them hundreds or thousands of dollars by keeping the piano in great shape.
3. Pianos with records of regular maintenance are very rare, and have terrific resale value!
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Yamaha Half-Yearly Sale
Every new and used Yamaha piano is tagged with
special twice-per-year pricing! 
Yamaha Pianos
You've seen the Yamaha piano on the Grammy's, the Oscars, the Emmy's, PBS, American Idol, Leno, Letterman, even YouTube! (It might have been that piano-playing cat!) Now this musician's and teacher's favorite can be the superstar of your family's living room!
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Some Yamaha pianos even teach you to play!
Save Money
The new or used piano you've been waiting for and dreaming of is here and priced right! Ask about floor models, rental returns, close-out models, and school pianos.
Buy with confidence
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We would love to hear your ideas for this newsletter. What would you like to know about pianos, lessons, new technology, or just how to get started? Just click and send a note to ask@greenemusic.com or call (858)586-7000 seven days a week.
Sincerely,
Michael Greene, Owner
Greene Music
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