Parrot on a Piano Video Transcript
[Parrot walks up and down on a piano that is playing by itself]
Looping Cords Video Transcript
[Hand pointing at close up of looping cords] James: “One of the most common questions we get asked from the general public is ‘have the looping cords been replaced?’ These are the looping cords here, which are on the hammer flange and attached to the butt string. We replace all of ...
[James sat at a piano] James: “As Paul said we specialise in Yamahas which are a little bit special, and this one is no exception. It’s a U3 just arrived from Japan, with a difference.....” [James plays piano then stops and piano carries on playing by itself]
Using Headphones Video Transcript
[James, with headphones on, playing piano but with no sound, Paul is stood by the piano] James: “This is probably our best selling piano, it’s from the Yamaha range. That was a silent piano on silent... now you can hear the difference. [James switches off piano and takes headphones off then plays ...
Back of a Piano Video Transcript
[Paul is crouched at the back of two pianos] Paul: “At Little and Lampert Pianos we tend to specialise in unusual Yamahas. To show you the difference between a conventionally made one and a hand built one: If you look round the back of a piano this is a conventionally made ...
Tuning a Piano Video Transcript
[Paul and James are stood by an open piano, Paul is tuning it] James: “As you can see we not only restore all our pianos but we are also fully qualified piano tuners and piano tuner technicians. So once the pianos have come in from Japan and they’ve been fully restored, ...
Hammer Flange Video Transcript
[Close up of Paul handling a hammer flange] Paul: “This is a hammer flange which we replace. This is the piece that the actual hammer pivots on, to allow it to hit the string, and this is the looping cord at the top which is the bit that we replace along ...
Piano Restoration Work Video Transcript
[Paul & James are stood at an open piano] James: “So now we just want to show you what we do to our pianos. We are extremely particular on the quality of our imported Yamaha pianos. This is a new one that has just arrived from Japan and we are now ...
Introduction From Paul Video Transcript
[Paul is sat down playing the piano] Paul: “Hi my name is Paul, Paul Lampert of Little and Lampert Pianos, and I run this business with my business partner James. We’ve run from this shop for eighteen years, but we’ve both been in the piano trade since about 1981 and have ...
