Mark Goodwin Pianos

02/06/2026

We are looking for a confident and reliable person to meet our piano shop visitors in Battersea as cover for when our main sales assistant is away. You get paid per visit regardless of outcome. If you can play piano to at least grade 5 standard that's all the better. Please email [email protected] if interested and let us know where you live and what sort of availability you have. Many thanks. Mark

02/06/2026

Richard Parker? Life of Pi?

02/06/2026

Many hands make light work

18/05/2026

ChatGPT helped me* make a new cleaner, brighter logo. The wide one goes at the top of the website. The Square one is for social media profiles. They replace the previous version which was darker and a direct copy of the BBC logo.

* It did 95% of the work just like Ant & Dec's joke writers. I just said things like "No, make it better"

05/05/2026

This looks like a good opportunity

📣📣📣 We’re excited to be relaunching our Ensemble Bursary for 2026-2028!

As our two-year collaboration with Bruegel Consort comes to an end this summer, the third iteration of the bursary programme will commence in September 2026. It is aimed at young groups establishing themselves as professional ensembles, and consists of a grant towards a project of your choice, along with extensive coaching and mentoring.

We are looking for early-stage early music ensembles who are interested in developing their collaborative music-making, and is designed to support the group in developing its work either through a specific concert project, workshops and outreach, or programming.

💡 Head to our website for more details, and please do spread the word!

14/04/2026

I took this sneaky shot of the double bass players having their post-gig photo.

14/04/2026

This was our view at the Bridgewater Hall tonight for Ravel’s Bolero which was a real treat.

11/04/2026

This piano was destined for the skip so I took it home and made into a 2-player Xbox station.

04/04/2026

Went to see “Punch” last night at Nottingham Playhouse. It was a difficult play to sit through. Have you been?

25/02/2026

Due to exchange rate changes it now costs piano shops 67% less to buy a Yamaha piano than it did 10 years ago. That's TERRIBLE news if you bought one 10 years ago hoping that it would increase in value but it's GREAT news if you've been saving up and waiting for the right time to buy one.

Attached is a 23 year chart for GBP vs JPY. You can see that we hit the dizzy heights of 250 back in 2007 (when I first started importing pianos) but look at the massive drop down to 130 during the 2008 financial crisis - piano prices doubled! It's had a rocky ride since then but is now back up above 200.

Where will that jagged line go next? Nobody knows!