Piano Service Experience

I have over 35 years of piano tuning and piano repairs experience, on all major brands of pianos.

I began my career of tuning, repairing, and rebuilding pianos at a dealership in Pittsburgh, PA. After some time, I worked with a dealer in Ohio. The piano dealers and their staff helped me greatly. Later on in my career, I became an independent piano technician and opened my own piano services business, as I still do today. I have received so much help from my fellow piano technicians, especially those of the Piano Technicians Guild.

In 1988 I passed the Registered Piano Technician test, which is administered by the Piano Technicians Guild, and I was approved as a Registered Piano Technician by the Piano Technician Guild.

My Registered Piano Technician status was achieved by taking a series of three exams that tested my knowledge of piano tuning, maintenance and piano repairs.. The written exam tested my basic knowledge of piano design, piano tuning theory, piano repair techniques, and various other topics related to piano services. There were also two separate practical, hands-on exams for piano tuning and piano technical skills.