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2009 Downtown Somerville Great Gift Giveway Winner Michael M. from Hillsborough NJ won a tuning and 2 lessons. 
Ken and M. Maher shake hands in front his piano before it gets tuned.
For more information on the other winners click here! www.findsomerville.com
Halloween Parade begins at The Pianosmith
SOMERVILLE- On October 30th children from Somerville lined up in costume in front of The Pianosmith. Merchants on Main street constributed so each child could go home with a bag of candy.
Laugh for Literacy with Comic Uncle Floyd Bridgewater-On Saturday the 24th of October at the Elks club the Literacy Foundation had 2 comics for their fundraiser. One is known in NJ as Uncle Floyd and the second performer was a hypnotist comic named Marshal Manlove. The piano was provided by The PianoSmith.
JIMMY HEATH Peforms at the first annual Jazz festival in Somerville SOMERVILLE-On Sunday Sept 13th THE GRETCHEN PARLATO BAND , HARRY ALLEN QUARTET, and SHERMAN IRBY'S ORGANOMICS had the crowd on their feet. The piano was provided by The PianoSmith.
Piano students perform at The
Pianosmith
 SOMERVILLE- On May 17th at 2:00 nervous children with their
parents could be seen entering The Pianosmith. Children from age
5-17 played their hearts out for family and friends. Refreshments
were served after by extraordinary teacher Dina Markey.
Pianosmith and Somerville Sampler day
 SOMERVILLE- Saturday the 20th of September
was a beautiful day inside and outside of The Pianosmith. Ken Smith
and his jazz band played in the morning and in the afternoon 2 young
performers stole the show. Michael Sheelar and Hank Rosenthal
"wowed" the crowd with their amazing playing.
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The Pianosmith Hits YouTube:
 Come see our YouTube video
on how we uncrate a grand piano!
Courier
News: Piano Lovers Hope To Hit Right Note
By Martin C. Bricketto
Staff Writer
 SOMERVILLE- When Ken Smith was a
teenager, he didn't just want to play the piano, he also wanted to
learn how to fix and adjust the intricate skeleton of levers and
other mechanisms inside of the instrument's burnished frame. " I
wanted to play the piano that had to play as best as it possibly
could..."
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News Channel 12 Comes to Town
 On June 27th, The
Pianosmith participated in News Channel 12?s On the Road segment.
Several shops and restaurants in the Somerville area received a
chance to discuss their businesses on air, and The Pianosmith
assisted by providing a player piano as background music for the
event. Ken Smith played on air, and demonstrated the player action
as well.
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The Reporter: East Meets West in
Somerville
By Kegan
Andeskie
 SOMERVILLE --
Hailun is the only privately owned piano manufacturer in China, and
is owned and operated by Hailun Chen, who attests to the instruments
quality by putting his name on each and every piano. In April of
2008, Hailun Chen personally paid for Mary and Ken Smith, owners of
the Pianosmith, to visit the factory in Ningbo, China. As a gesture
of kindness and appreciation for participating in international
piano dealing, the Pianosmith was given an extensive tour of both
Shanghai and Beijing, supplied with top notch hotels, and taken to
high quality restaurants.
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The Reporter: Ear and Artistry Aid Piano
Tech
By Jim White
Staff
Writer
 SOMERVILLE -- With 20
years in the business Ken Smith has seen just about everything there
is to see when it comes to pianos."I'll tell you a story I like to
call 'what can end up in your piano," the owner of The Pianosmith
recently said inside his East Main Street shop where he repairs and
refurbishes used pianos for sale.
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Courier News: The Piano
Man
Ken Smith, 'The Pianosmith,' takes his
instrumental expertise to another level
By
Walter O'Brien
Correspondent
 What does a piano tuner,
or to use the preferred term, piano technician, do when he wants to
prove he is at the top of his game? The only way is to be certified
as a Registered Piano Technician by the Piano Technician
Guild...
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Courier News: Pianosmith, Somerville are a
match of note
By Erica
Lambert
Correspondent
 Ken and Mary Smith a
year ago took a leap when they moved The Pianosmith's operations
from their Somerville home to a retail location on Main Street in
Somerville.
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