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higher standard of performance, comfort and safety.
Grant Wolach is obsessed with pianos.
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S hint' black-and-white keys
and polished foot pedals
always fascinated Grant
Wolach.
"I was obsessed with pianos,"
explains Mr. Wolach, who these
days spends his days in his own
store, Pianoworks of Ferndale,
selling his passion to others.
He runs a sleek shop on
Woodward Avenue that is dif-
ferent from the typical chain
store in a shopping mall. There
are no employees with tired eyes
cranking out yet another round
of "Roll Out the Barrel" on ex-
pensive organs with familiar
names.
At Pianoworks, Mr. Wolach,
one of the few Jewish piano shop
owners in the area, spends
the majority of time on the sell-
ing floor, discussing the advan-
tages of leather and wood over
plastic and particle board, or
playing classical music on one
of many instruments bearing
a German or Czechoslovakian
name.
The ambience is something
Mr. Wolach's patrons seem to
appreciate. The store attracts
few browsers. Mostly serious
customers are referred to Pi-
anoworks.
Names like August Forster,
Bluthner, Petrof, Weinbach and
Grotreian grace an assortment
of grand, baby grand and up-
right pianos.
Mr. Wolach believes in the
value of a quality instrument.
Over the years, he has watched
the number of piano manufac-
turers dwindle from 411 to sev-
en.
The brands Mr. Wolach car-
ries tout handmade pieces,
strong wood and good sound,
and a grand piano can cost up
to $25,000.
"Nothing new has been in-
vented in the last 50 years to
make pianos better. Give me old
technology — leather and
wood," Mr. Wolach said. "A
properly made instrument takes
a lot of hard wood. And that
costs a lot of money.
"A handmade piano is one
worth keeping. Cheaper instru-
ments, like many made in the
Orient, they're throwaways."
Mr. Wolach admits his prices
may seem expensive. But he at-
tempts to provide discounts —
especially to musicians.
A degreed musicologist, for-
mer piano teacher and caretak-
er of pianos at Orchestra Hall
and the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Mr. Wolach sympa-
thizes with the struggles of mu-
sicians, their money and quest
for quality instruments.
Pianoworks occasionally
carries rebuilt, used instru-
ments. Mr. Wolach suggests
such purchases to customers
looking to spend less yet main-
tain quality. .
"I knew what it is like to be a
pianist. Sports figures do much
better," Mr. Wolach said.
"We (Americar1,) really don't
take good care of our artists." ❑
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