FAQs
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I am involved in my local Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) which provides regular continued education, as well as I am in contact with the instructors at my former school and other piano tuner / technicians throughout the nation.
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
1. Find out how they learned how to tune, service and repair pianos. For example: self-taught, correspondence course, apprenticeship, attend an on-campus full-time technical school (like I did). 2. How do they determine how much they charge. For example: a straight hourly rate, preset pricing, a combination of the two. 3. When are they available to schedule an appointment. Does their schedule fit your time-line? 4. Not all piano tuners / technicians are able to do every kind of work for a piano. For example, there are businesses that just specialize in rebuilding pianos, where others (like me) are general tuning, service, and repair tuners & technicians. Yet, even others only tune pianos or only service and repair pianos. And the list goes on.
- What questions should customers think through before talking to professionals about their project?
I am a very friendly, caring guy, who absolutely loves to go the extra mile for my clients. It is important to me to do what I am able to do to help my clients get the results they expect in a way that fits their family's budget. I absolutely love the arts. I enjoy playing piano, writing stories for children, listening to various classes of music, etc.