As I approached a customer's home, a young person once asked me, "Are you the piano fixer?" Very simply, that’s what I do."
I apprenticed for a year with a piano tuner in Peru, IL, where I grew up. Mr. Wilkins was retiring after fifty years as a teacher and tuner. With five pianos in his home and studio there was ample opportunity to learn, refine and master the techniques and he soon sent me out to tune for customers. My most valuable experience is the thousands of pianos I’ve worked on in the 40+ years since then.
Nearly every piano has furthered my knowledge and understanding of the instrument.