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How to tune your dragon
Hmm, I'm familiar with the movie, 'How to train your dragon', but I've never heard of 'How to tune your dragon'! Well, maybe I have and...

Alex Kapteyn
Nov 5, 20242 min read


Sounding Board
A piano soundboard can be made from many diverse materials including Western red cedar, Sitka spruce, Alaskan yellow cedar, Eastern White...

Alex Kapteyn
Jul 21, 20247 min read


Restoring the Romance
Cynicism. We are bombarded with it on every side in the form of a veritable raincloud of comedians, movies, sitcoms, magazines, and news...

Alex Kapteyn
Jul 2, 20244 min read


North and South Pole
Sometimes a day in the life of the piano tuner brings some diametric opposites in the instruments you work on. Take the 31st of May for...

Alex Kapteyn
Jun 4, 20242 min read


Dixieland
Just tuned the Steinway D at Great Lakes Performing Arts Center this past Sunday for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, a unique blend of...

Alex Kapteyn
May 27, 20241 min read


A day in the life at the Cathedral
I arrive at the Cathedral of Saint Andrews in Grand Rapids, MI at 8:30 in the morning. It's a gorgeous Monday morning in May. I see...

Alex Kapteyn
May 22, 20243 min read


Stay Tuned
Exciting news! My son and I are commencing work on designing and building our own Kapteyn & Son piano. We will be posting...

Alex Kapteyn
May 22, 20241 min read


Bosendorfer 290
Love this piano! Check out the video: https://youtu.be/g_K21_yWXgI

Alex Kapteyn
Dec 12, 20231 min read


Yamaha C7 Video
This piano was purchased from a Jewish piano friend in New York. This is one of the nicer C7s I have ever had the pleasure working on! We...

Alex Kapteyn
Sep 9, 20201 min read
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