Spring 2024A lot of my old friends have pianos. Some of my old friends ARE pianos!Recently I caught up with one of my old piano friends, in fact the very oldest in my clientele.In 1990, 34 years ago, just after I had opened my piano repair business in Nanaimo, a tall, dignified Read more [...]

I have decided to scale back my piano tuning and repair availability to enable me to move towards part-time retirement. I will still be tuning and servicing pianos throughout the mid-Vancouver Island region, but I will only be booking in tunings two (2) days per week. Read more […]

We are back into busy times for piano tuning and servicing on Vancouver Island. This spring I will be tuning for numerous piano teaching studios, recording studios, theatres, and churches. I have a limited availability, so please contact me well in advance if you would Read more […]

I have been travelling north for 20 years of annual piano servicing to Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. I have made incredible connections with clients and artists there, and have had many memorable experiences. (See my article “Tuning North of 60 degrees Read more […]

February 2021: Recovery from the injury to my wrist has not been as fast as I had hoped, but I am once again tuning pianos, easing into it part time. Thank you for your patience. This spring, I will be tuning pianos up and down Vancouver Island, from Mill Bay and Read more […]

Fall is always a busy time for piano tuning, when people get back into music lessons, schools get back into swing, and music groups get organized for shows.  This year is different here on Vancouver Island, and all over the world, with the Coronavirus ramping up.  Nevertheless, Read more […]

Hello to all my piano clients new and old. The months fly by, and the piano tuning and repair business just gets busier here on central Vancouver Island. From October to December I’m booked up and down the island – from Mill Bay to Qualicum Beach – tuning for piano Read more […]

Once again, I’m privileged to be the piano technician selected to repair and tune the concert grand piano for the Hornby Island Music Festival. This is a music festival that’s been running for 38 years on this tiny gem of an island in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island Read more […]