There is a story that gets told frequently in the piano industry, and it goes roughly like this: piano manufacturing is a European art form, perfected over centuries by family workshops in Vienna, Hamburg, and London, and any instrument made outside that tradition will inevitably be a compromise. It is a story with real historical grounding. It is also a story that Hailun Chen has spent the better part of four decades quietly proving wrong.

Hailun factory floor — a custom acrylic grand piano in mid-build, commissioned by Brigham Larson Pianos for a client named Nick Luekenga. It started with a simple question.

A quality acoustic piano can last a century. Here's everything you need to know to protect your investment and keep it sounding its best — year round. An acoustic piano is not just an instrument. It's a living object — built from wood, felt, metal, and string — that breathes with the environment around it. It expands and contracts with humidity. It responds to temperature. It needs care, attention, and the occasional professional touch to stay at its best. The good news: cari