I'm Adam Manus, and I'm Peter Martin, and you're listening to the You'll Hear It Podcast. On today's episode, we're going to

answer our very first voice question we've received here at the You'll Hear at podcast. This is a very

exciting, momentous day here in the history of the You'll Hear It podcast.

Our first voice question.

That's right. This takes me back to the old days with the answering machine when you have the cassette there and you come home to some messages.

So let's get right to it and listen to this question from Dan.

Hi, Peter and Adam. I wonder if you could talk briefly about pianos.

I had the unfortunate experience this week of having a piano tuner technician come out to the house. And he pronounced that my 100-year-old upright was really not worth tuning or investing anything else in.

So I'm thinking about starting to shop around for probably an electronic digital piano.

And just wondered what your thoughts are on that.

I'm sure a lot of us that listen to your podcast are saddled with old uprights.

I'd like to get your views on it. Anyway, I got an autopsy on my piano this week, so I've had it

45 years, so it's kind of a little tough to give it up, but I'm afraid it's time. Thank you.

All right. Great. Thanks, Dan. Great question. And so when we talk about older pianos and Adam,

I think both of us have been through it even are in possession now of some older pianos.

We're kind of collectors of pianos and pianists, which is a funny thing, because it's not like

collecting a kazoo. We've got, what do we have, four pianos in the studio presently? I don't know, man. We have way too many pianos in here. Yeah, and one of them is a very old upright, actually. That's true. Yeah. So we have some experience with this. But pianos are machines. They're musical instruments first, of course, but they've got a lot of wood, they've got a lot of springs

in them, they've got a lot of wood, they've got a lot

of springs in them, they've got metal. It's a little machine that has all these moving parts,

and it eventually wears out, unfortunately. Yeah, they're so hard to let go, but even really

well-made pianos, eventually they succumb to the elements. I mean, you have so much

wood and metal and, you know, humidity and temperature can always take its toll. And, you know,

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