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Welcome to my list of brain-dumps, videos and other random things that don’t belong anywhere else. I hope you find something of interest. Feel free to contact us if you want to chat.

November 2025

• Indonesia or Japan? Where is the Yamaha G2 made? 2025-11-04 14:20:46 2025-11-05 13:57:23

October 2025

• Piano Disposal Cheshire, THIS THURSDAY £120 2025-10-19 15:37:46 2025-10-22 13:47:11
• To send a pianos to Northern Ireland 2025-10-17 19:19:01 2025-10-17 19:19:01
• Andrew Eales - ADHD and The Piano 2025-10-12 23:33:40 2025-10-12 23:42:04

September 2025

• Manchester Piano Disposal / Removal - THIS THURSDAY £120 2025-09-28 22:29:56 2025-10-22 13:45:53
• Oldham Piano Disposal / Removal - THIS THURSDAY 2025-09-28 22:29:56 2025-10-22 13:46:37
• Rochdale Piano Disposal / Removal - THIS THURSDAY 2025-09-28 22:29:56 2025-10-22 13:46:14
• Book a Livestream Piano Demo 2025-09-20 22:44:16 2025-10-09 12:55:32

August 2025

• The Best Brown Yamaha Upright Pianos (walnut, mahogany, etc.) 2025-08-08 23:21:44 2025-08-08 23:21:44

July 2025

• Baby Grand vs Grand Pianos — And Why Quality Matters! 2025-07-29 22:52:12 2025-07-29 22:54:08
• Kawai K2 vs K200 vs K20 - Which is best? Where made? 2025-07-29 22:13:08 2025-07-29 22:16:19
• Are Reconditioned Yamaha Pianos from Schools or Private Homes? 2025-07-15 09:15:04 2025-07-15 09:15:43
• This is NOT a Badminton Racquet 2025-07-10 12:31:01 2025-07-10 12:31:54
• Off Topic: Sugar-Free Polos Make you Fart and Poo a Lot! 2025-07-10 10:55:04 2025-07-10 11:03:11
• How Much are Yamaha Pianos? And Which are Best? 2025-07-07 13:27:35 2025-07-07 13:27:35
• "Restored my faither in humanity" awwww 2025-07-07 12:41:07 2025-07-07 12:45:04
• How Much Are Steinway Pianos? 2 different answers! 2025-07-07 01:57:40 2025-07-07 01:58:08

June 2025

• TBC Playing piano whilst daydreaming out of the window 2025-06-26 10:37:54 2025-06-26 10:38:14
• Kawai Piano Serial Numbers - How Old is Your Kawai Piano 2025-06-25 22:35:31 2025-06-26 11:02:07
• BBC Radio 4 Piece on Music Shops Closing Down 2025-06-25 22:34:07 2025-06-25 22:50:52
• I bought a Christian Reisser Double Bass at auction 2025-06-24 23:12:11 2025-11-03 16:35:53
• "These Keys" - A poem about sticking keys / key easing 2025-06-19 22:59:01 2025-06-19 22:59:01
• Self-Employment Grattitude/Reflection 2025-06-19 22:55:05 2025-06-19 22:55:05
• Feurich Pianos are Nice... but you should get a Yamaha U1 2025-06-18 14:19:05 2025-06-19 23:01:57
• Can a Yamaha Piano really have a European tone? 2025-06-09 13:03:37 2025-06-20 23:55:44

May 2025

• Yamaha U1 vs U100, U10, UX1, UX10, YU1, YU11, YUS1 - Which are best? 2025-05-28 23:51:20 2025-08-02 19:28:25
• Yamaha U3 vs U300, U30, UX-3, UX30, YU3, YU33, YUS3, YUA, YUX - Which are best? 2025-05-28 23:51:20 2025-08-02 21:28:57
• Here's a list of our various stock categories 2025-05-21 16:07:29 2025-05-22 20:45:34
• Piano Teacher Referral Scheme Signup 2025-05-19 14:16:55 2025-06-09 14:41:52
• £100 Price Beat Promise! 2025-05-01 10:53:53 2025-05-07 13:34:06

April 2025

• China or Japan? Where is the Yamaha U1H made? 2025-04-24 13:42:12 2025-06-17 23:35:20
• Best Piano Brands to Buy in 2025 £1000-£5000 2025-04-09 11:47:44 2025-06-17 23:35:30

March 2025

• The Most Popular Cities We've Sold Pianos To 2025-03-27 18:03:14 2025-03-27 18:31:34
• How Much Does a Piano Cost? How Much Should You Spend? 2025-03-25 23:05:04 2025-03-26 09:11:39

February 2025

• Another free piano given away 2025-02-11 11:01:34 2025-03-08 11:30:40

January 2025

• Import Yamaha Pianos Japan 2025-01-23 23:06:36 2025-06-17 23:35:39
• Yamaha Pianos with Sostenuto Pedal 2025-01-23 11:41:13 2025-06-17 23:35:46
• Brand Ambassadors for Mark Goodwin Pianos 2025-01-14 23:56:20 2025-02-03 10:30:18
• Do you wanna build a snowman? 2025-01-05 21:20:01 2025-01-05 21:26:10

December 2024

• Customer turns old piano into garden planter 2024-12-18 11:55:32 2024-12-18 12:03:38

November 2024

• White U1 converted to silent 2024-11-11 23:43:48 2024-11-11 23:43:48
• Sees Heaven! 2024-11-04 10:04:58 2024-11-04 10:05:06
• What if they fart? 2024-11-03 23:10:14 2024-11-03 23:10:14

October 2024

• Frankensteinway - Happy Halloween 2024-10-27 11:10:06 2024-10-27 11:10:50
• How to recalibrate the Adsilent silent piano system 2024-10-16 12:16:50 2024-11-11 22:37:49
• A sobering email from Lebanon 2024-10-14 10:06:43 2024-11-11 22:39:46
• The Yamaha U1 is the BEST beginner acoustic piano in 2025. Here's why! 2024-10-11 15:47:04 2025-06-17 23:36:03
• How much is my piano worth? 2024-10-05 12:25:39 2025-01-17 23:12:22
• Happy new camera lens day! 2024-10-02 12:11:23 2024-11-11 22:51:24
• Digital piano repairs in Manchester with Trevor Noon 2024-10-02 12:04:03 2025-03-26 13:26:15
• Japan Piano Atlas excitement! 2024-10-02 11:57:23 2025-06-17 23:36:10

September 2024

• Happy cake day to me! 2024-09-25 08:36:06 2024-09-25 08:36:11

July 2024

• Reconditioned Yamaha Pianos for Schools 2024-07-23 10:46:35 2025-06-17 23:36:23

June 2024

• Access instructions for container lorry drivers 2024-06-27 20:17:36 2025-04-30 09:09:20

April 2024

• This thing that I do... 2024-04-10 17:45:46 2024-04-10 17:45:46
• Mic placement for upright pianos 2024-04-10 16:23:04 2024-04-10 16:23:04

December 2023

• I see 3 C3s in a sea of U3s 2023-12-07 14:56:54 2023-12-07 14:56:54
• David Brent pose to sell a G2 2023-12-07 11:49:15 2023-12-07 11:50:55

September 2023

• 76 Yamaha Pianos in Stock 2023-09-08 15:18:40 2023-09-08 15:20:09

June 2023

• Prepaying for a piano for a big discount 2023-06-24 22:15:24 2025-06-25 17:05:22

May 2023

• Follow us on WeChat 2023-05-15 16:10:55 2023-05-15 16:14:42

November 2022

• Yamaha B2 auction terms & conditions 2022-11-18 21:57:54 2022-11-20 17:25:13

October 2022

• WEEKEND SPECIAL OFFER: Yamaha NU1 £1690 (SOLD!!!!) 2022-10-29 15:48:37 2022-10-29 17:06:28
• Prep/Spray/Polish job at piano shop 2022-10-11 16:56:54 2022-10-11 16:56:54

August 2022

• Witton & Witton piano free to good home 2022-08-02 15:44:49 2022-08-02 15:47:02

November 2020

• Cringe video 2020-11-06 10:04:58 2024-11-09 13:24:39

October 2020

• Free Casio digital piano sent to talented young pianist 2020-10-20 14:13:49 2020-10-20 14:13:49

September 2020

• How to tune your own piano 2020-09-17 18:51:15 2021-04-22 11:24:35

August 2020

• Yamaha TransAcoustic™ Pianos Review - Expensive gimmick or design revolution? 2020-08-13 23:35:06 2024-10-22 23:41:27

July 2020

• Jeremy Vine retweeted us :) 2020-07-02 19:44:44 2020-07-02 19:44:44

May 2020

• NHS nurse sings “Thank You for the music" after receiving free piano 2020-05-19 01:29:35 2020-07-02 19:45:41

April 2020

• £1000 to an NHS student nurse 2020-04-18 19:20:40 2021-05-25 21:38:53

March 2020

• Coronavirus impact on the piano shop 2020-03-24 21:54:32 2020-04-02 16:21:39
• West London Temporarily Closed 2020-03-21 12:14:01 2025-11-11 12:49:24
• London showroom temporarily closed 2020-03-20 17:03:27 2023-03-20 00:27:56
• Fine thanks, how are you? 2020-03-18 14:52:10 2020-03-18 14:52:10

January 2020

• 9 Reasons NOT to buy that cheap or free piano online! 2020-01-26 16:03:43 2023-07-03 16:18:24
• Informal & Reckless Marketing 2020-01-05 00:38:42 2020-01-05 11:36:48
• Digital Pianos Vs Acoustic Pianos - Which are Better? 2020-01-02 00:08:12 2020-02-12 23:39:31

December 2019

• 100 free harmonicas snapped up in 10 minutes! 2019-12-23 11:51:02 2019-12-23 11:53:47
• Charity auction result, Christmas day video, harmonicas arriving, etc. 2019-12-22 18:35:16 2019-12-23 19:37:10
• 100 Free Harmonicas Posted (with boxes?) 2019-12-21 14:49:39 2019-12-21 15:48:33
• 100 Free Harmonicas 2019-12-13 13:16:26 2019-12-13 14:00:05
• 100 Free Harmonicas if Tories win the election 2019-12-05 16:47:41 2019-12-05 17:21:22
• Free Pianos Archive 2019-12-01 22:12:53 2020-05-19 00:08:07

November 2018

• View our Showroom GIF 2018-11-18 23:04:42 2019-03-04 14:31:11
• View us on Google Streetview 2018-11-18 22:47:56 2018-12-11 00:36:36
• Watch our John Lewis Christmas Advert Remake 2018-11-18 22:05:30 2019-07-27 13:23:29

October 2018

• Huw Edwards chooses our competition winners 2018-10-30 18:33:03 2018-11-27 21:44:33
• Let us sell your piano in our showroom on a commission basis 2018-10-30 18:32:28 2025-09-03 10:08:46
• Everything on 1 page 2018-10-30 18:27:55 2025-10-29 00:31:37
• Old Webpages 2018-10-30 18:24:36 2020-07-19 23:56:53
• Pianos and underfloor heating - protective mats & piano lifesaver kits 2018-10-30 18:22:55 2025-03-03 23:25:09

March 2018

• Send us a text message 2018-03-12 01:08:19 2022-03-12 01:08:46

January 2018

• Visit info: Oldham Gtr. Manchester 2018-01-19 21:35:48 2022-02-09 13:31:12

June 2016

• Link Swap 2016-06-12 01:13:43 2022-06-12 01:24:14

May 2016

• Spinning Fruit Test 2016-05-05 00:13:36 2022-06-22 17:47:07

March 2016

• Do you use genuine Yamaha parts during the reconditioning process? 2016-03-12 14:32:05 2018-12-22 18:37:59

June 2015

• Issues & niggles after delivery 2015-06-08 17:15:43 2025-01-10 11:35:12

March 2013

• Do you sell reconditioned pianos certified by Yamaha" (goodness, no!!) 2013-03-18 13:05:09 2025-06-17 23:37:05
• How to carry a piano upstairs - some case studies 2013-03-09 12:33:51 2018-12-10 00:14:31

August 2012

• My Videos 2012-08-01 11:28:32 2019-01-08 16:06:53

November 2011

• Sell piano on commission basis 2011-11-07 11:44:10 2020-01-30 11:40:00

April 2011

• Dad's "1 Man Piano Moving" device invention 2011-04-10 08:42:31 2018-12-10 00:49:38
• A School in India Funded by Mark Goodwin Pianos 2011-04-05 14:57:26 2018-12-05 10:10:54

March 2009

• Prepaid Pianos = Large Discount 2009-03-14 16:45:11 2025-06-25 17:05:44

December 2008

• Resources etc 2008-12-09 08:10:31 2025-07-25 17:20:34

November 2005

• Double-Flood Leaves Piano Shop Submerged 2005-11-04 04:05:00 2025-03-25 18:57:45