Since I was 5 years old, I have been devoted to musical instruments of all shapes, sizes, and cultures— but the piano has always been my first and last love.
I grew up surrounded by my dad’s world instrument collection, and although I was initially enchanted by the marimba, he thankfully had the good sense to sign me up for piano lessons instead. After almost a decade of learning on my grandmother’s Boston console, my relationship with the piano gave birth to a passion for multi-instrumentalist songwriting.
I have now worked in every field from audio engineering and recording to music education and instrument repair/appraisals; I’ve worked in world instrument stores and performed music of all genres on stages around the world, but exploring the artistic and mechanical brilliance behind the piano has now become my career.
After two years of apprenticing under local piano technician Hannah Beckett, I have tuned, regulated, appraised, and repaired pianos of all brands, conditions, and background. I now service pianos, harpsichords, and celestas across the Northern Virginia/Washington DC/Maryland area on behalf of PianoCraft, a piano dealership that specializes in sales, trades, tuning, appraisals, concerts, high-end rebuilds, and other services.
I also serve as a contributing writer and editor for the Professional Piano Technician’s Network — a digital library of resources and instruction for piano technicians around the world — and Piano Buyer, one of the world’s most comprehensive consumer guides for pianos.