Born into a musical family, I never knew not being surrounded by music. My mother taught some 50 piano lessons every week and my dad taught band instrument lessons. My playpen as a baby was under the grand piano. As soon as I could reach the keyboard, I was picking out the tunes I had heard the students playing. Of course I don’t remember but a family story reports that at age four the church organist was visiting and asked if I could play “Old MacDonald”. My reply was “Of course. What key do you want it in?”
With my interest in taking mechanical things apart and putting them back together, piano tuning was a natural fit. Started as a way to earn money for college, it has become my life’s work and passion.
Over the years, I have developed piano service relationships with people in very diverse places. Because I went to school in Wichita, there are still people there for whom I tune. From Minot, North Dakota to Oklahoma, I serve a wide area of clients.
My goal in piano service is to bring every piano that I work on closer to whatever potential that particular instrument has. Clearly not every piano is destined to grace a concert stage, but every piano was created to provide pleasure to the person playing it. It is a rare piano that cannot be improved beyond tuning. I strive to remember that someone is going to live with that piano for several months or perhaps a year or more before I return to service it again, and I want it to provide joy and satisfaction and not disappointment and frustration. I service every piano as if it were my own and I would be playing on it.
Stuart does an outstanding job in maintaining the pianos at the UCC church in Yankton. His ability to be particular with each individual piano is so appreciated by the people who play the instruments in our church. We do recommend him highly if you want expertise and quality.
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