Serving the East Bay Area P.O. Box 1426  Lafayette, CA  94549  925.284.5928     PTG National Conference  2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 PTG Regional Conference  2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000 Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild  1993 Diploma, Advanced Piano Technology  North Bennet Street School, Boston  1991 Diploma, Basic Piano Technology  North Bennet Street School, Boston  1990 M.A. English TESL/TEFL  San Francisco State University  1985 B.A. Music, B.A. Chinese  San Francisco State University  1983   "Piano Technology" was my first career interest after high school, and I returned to it later.  I chose the North Bennet Street School to get a thorough, formal foundation.  Immediately upon graduating I found a full time position with an established piano technician in Colorado.  After a year I began my own practice and set up a proper shop for larger repair jobs.  I worked for private clients and for schools and concert groups.  In February 2001, after ten years there, I left a busy practice, a loyal clientele, and a very good reputation to return to the SF Bay Area, which is where I am from and where most of my family lives. References Music Dept. U.C. Berkeley 510.642.2678 Music Dept. St. Mary's College 925.631.8216 Eric and Catherine Thompson Thompson Music Studio 925.513.7156 James Gardner Walnut Creek 925.943.5324 David Samuelson, Wheeler Opera House Aspen, Colorado 970.920.5782 Debra Ayers, Principal Ayers & Associates Arts Consulting 617.519.8921 David Betts, Piano Tech. Program NBSS, Boston 617.227.2357   PTG PTG,SF CAUT Piano Book Piano Shop McCrea's Piano Moving Piano Teachers Contact Me