For owners, these keys can raise a complicated mix of feelings: respect for the instrument’s history, discomfort about its origins, and uncertainty about what’s legally allowed when it comes to repairs, restorations, or selling. Public attitudes and laws have evolved significantly over the last few decades.

Reconditioned Knight K10 pianos remain to be one of our most popular models and demand for them has only continued to increase.

Some thoughts settle quietly somewhere in the background of our minds, only to resurface years later with an altogether different meaning. The words themselves have not changed, but we have, and so we hear them differently. For me, one such thought has followed me since the earliest days of my apprenticeship. "Study your art and practise it with an earnest purpose." An elder technician offered it, and although it was spoken simply as advice to a young apprentice, it never rea

A piano rarely exists in isolation within the home. Whether positioned in a formal drawing room, a quiet reading corner, a country sitting room, or a contemporary living space, it naturally becomes part of the atmosphere and character of the interior around it. The materials and finishes that accompany the instrument, therefore, play an important role in how comfortably it belongs within the room. Every piano from Sykes & Sons is supplied with a complimentary brand-new adjust