In addition to tuning and repairing pianos all over Vancouver Island, I also have a busy piano technician supply business.  Through this business, I have come to know hundreds of top-notch piano technicians all over the world.  This includes my friends and colleagues at Erwin’s Piano Restoration, in Modesto, California.  https://www.erwinspiano.com

A long-time dream of mine is to rebuild and restore two of my historic pianos.  They are unique instruments that I brought from Europe many years ago.  The first is an 1872 Ed. Westermayer piano, a 6 foot grand piano in a rosewood case.  Although this name is not well known, this is a revolutionary piano in its design and its engineering, which was well ahead of it’s time. Find out more about Westermayer Pianos here.
The second instrument is a 1920’s Popper player piano.  This piano comes with a complete “orchestrion”, which is a whole group of instruments in a box on top of the piano, which also play off the player piano rolls.  (Think Roaring 20s)

This September I had the great privilege of going to Modesto to work at rebuilding these instruments with my colleagues at Erwin’s piano.  I was there for about 10 days, and it was a dream come true to be focusing all my energy, training, and experience on these beautiful instruments.  I thank my good friends for letting me work with them in one of the best piano rebuilding shops in the United States.

We even managed to get away for a day at Yosemite National Park on the weekend.  Here’s a picture of Dale Erwin and myself enjoying the views!