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ere we provide links to places you can obtain various musical items. This list is provided as a service by the West Mesa Music Teachers Association. These pages may or may not have educational value; where appropriate, we've tried to indicate pages that we've found valuable beyond the commercial content. The appearance of a link to a given supplier on this page does not constitute an endorsement of that supplier or their products by WMMTA. A link on this page signifies that we have looked at the Web pages of the suppliers listed and, based on that criterion only, judged that the products or services offered may be of interest to some visitors to The Piano Education Page. To learn about our policy in providing links to other sites, please see our Link Policy. Please e-mail us if you want to submit a site for possible listing here.
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Piano Manufacturers and Sources
- Steinway Home Page - nice page with pictures and sales information and even a factory tour
- Welcome to Young Chang WorldWide - a site with nice graphics and useful information in addition to descriptions of Young Chang pianos.
- Yamaha - all the Yamaha music products, including pianos on a sub-page
- Kawai America - an attractive home page with information about Kawai pianos including photos of how they are built
- Mason & Hamlin Pianos - the home page of a grand old name in superb pianos, every bit the equal of Steinway in its day. Old Mason & Hamlin's are prime candidates for rebuilds. This page has the specs of the new Mason & Hamlin's being built now by the new name owner, PianoDisc.
Music and Equipment Suppliers
- Vox Music Group - recording company for some of the finest classical music CD's.
- Piano Showcase Online - supplier of piano parts, tools, benches and supplies, located in Toronto
- Piano World - a commercial site with lots of good information about maintenance, tips for buying, etc.
- Patti Music Company - discounting supplier of music, method books and teaching aids, including hard to find materials like Clark method books
- MusicTime, Inc. Products - another discounter of music education materials with a large catalog. Currently, you cannot order online or view the catalog from this site
- Music Educators' Marketplace - unusual site for hard-to-find, lesser-known, educator-written teaching materials and music, which are drop-shipped directly from the writer when you order.
- Maestronet - A commercial source for sheet music, rare instruments, MIDI files, etc.
- G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc - the home page of the large music publisher
- Welcome to Hal Leonard Online - a publisher of music software, music, and books
- Theodore Presser - music and books publisher
- Pierce Piano Atlas - You can purchase this well-known and respected atlas of pianos and piano manufacturers here.
- Alfred Publishing - Music education products for musicians, teachers and students; includes teaching tips and suggestions, articles, newsletters, featured products, and online descriptions and information.
- Sunhawk Corporation - digital music publisher and online sheet music store
- Friendship House - a large mail-order supplier of music and music-related items of all sorts.
- PianoDisc - classical music discs and parts for player pianos
- CMF Piano Accessories - a supplier of piano accessories and services. This site also has a useful piano FAQ.
- BDD: Piano Lessons: Music, Love and True Adventures - an interesting page with excerpts of a book describing the experiences of a 53 year old who decides to learn to play the piano (REVIEW!)
- Source Music - performer/composer owned supplier of music, CD's, and teaching materials
- Allegro Music Online - supplier of music, teaching method books and many other teaching aids, based in Memphis
- Piano Pal - "store and reference for piano books and sheet music scores of interest to teacher or student pianist"
- STAGEPASS.COM - music instruction books, videos, software, and midi
Piano Software Manufacturers
- MiBAC Music Software Home Page - home page of the publishers of the MiBAC Music Lessons (REVIEW!) software package for piano.
- Jump! Music - the site of the new owners of the Miracle Piano Teaching System (REVIEW!) and its successors, The Piano Discovery System (REVIEW!) and Kids Piano Discovery (REVIEW!)
- Harmonic Vision Home Page - publishers of Music Ace (REVIEW!) and other music education software
- Voyetra Technologies - software for learning music, creating music, and controlling MIDI and audio on personal computers including Teach Me Piano (REVIEW!), Discovering Keyboards (REVIEW!), and Discovering Music (REVIEW!)
- Practical Music Theory - home page for a shareware music theory program, downloadable from this site (REVIEW!).
- MidiTec - manufacturers of EarMaster ear-training software
- PG Music Inc. - publishers of The Pianist (REVIEW!) software
Service Suppliers
- Margaret Brandman's Music Home Page - a teaching method and materials for the beginner through to advanced professional and tertiary levels.
Last updated: 01/13/21