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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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.