The other day, while the Mrs. was in Pathmark, I took a walk through a new store that had opened on Atlantic Avenue, adjacent to the same parking lot. This store, which sells pianos, is in the same location where they usually sell Halloween and Christmas items.
As the large sign outside advises, they have a large display of pianos, and different types. In fact, as soon as you walk in the door you hear a piano playing and when you look around to see who's playing you see that it's one of those player pianos. Pretty cool. This building, of course, is the old Lalance & Grosjean factory, so it's always a treat walking around inside.
Check out that piano! That's some keyboard -- looks like NASA engineers put it together. There were all kinds of pianos in this place -- from big, grand pianos to smallish ones.
It was nice to walk around - everything was polished and shining. In some ways it reminded me of being in a car showroom. After walking around the first two floors, I came across a door and saw a staircase heading up to the 3rd Floor. It turns out the 3rd Floor is where they do their repairs. Below, at right, you can see a grand piano being worked on. And below are a bunch of pianos that are ready for shipping, or in the process of being received. You can see that they need to be protected carefully while being moved, lest they be scratched. Here we are, back on the 2nd Floor. They've done a great job refurbishing this building over the years. It's a real treat walking around, looking at walls and ceilings that have been around forever. Check out those black metal sliding doors in the picture below -- you can easily imagine them being rolled opened and clanged shut by workers seventy-five or a hundred years ago. Truly a great environment for a piano showroom / factory. Here's a real brief video of our tour of the store, which is known as Frank and Camille's West, click here to visit their website.
It should be noted that they will be moving their entire showroom to the 3rd Floor during the end of the year to make room for the Christmas Store. They will not be selling Halloween merchandise this year. 
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