![]() ![]() I have attended factory seminars sponsored by Steinway and Yamaha, where I received advanced training in piano service. I hold both Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University at Commerce, and was a member of the Music Faculty of Texarkana College in Texarkana, Texas. At the School of Music, I was responsible for the tuning, maintenance and rebuilding of approximately 95 grand and vertical pianos, many of them Steinways. I am a former staff piano technician at the School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin, having retired from that position in January of 2007 after 15 years of service. I have been tuning and servicing pianos since 1976 and have worked in the Austin area since 1981. I am a Registered Piano Technician and a member of the Austin Chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild. Trevor is an avid pianist, singer and choral conductor, and enjoys a wide variety of interests, from hiking the outdoors and organic gardening to design, architecture, photography, swing dance, website design and writing. He has served PTG in his chapter as President, as Institute Director for the Central West Regional Convention, and nationally as the Central West RVP, and travels regularly to teach at chapter meetings and seminars, in addition to the occasional article for the Journal. His business is diverse, involving typical home service, full restoration, refinishing, custom touchweight work and scale design, as well as rentals, sales of restored Steinways, etc. He has studied several times at the Bosendorfer Factory in Vienna, worked as a university technician for 12 years, served as a Sessional Faculty Member in Piano Technology to the Banff Center for the Arts, and is the concert tech for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra. Trevor Nelson RPT, is a 25-year PTG member originally from Vancouver, BC, now residing in Boulder, CO. ![]() Trevor Nelson, RPT, Renaissance Piano Service - Boulder, CO At 280 lbs (combined weight) they surprise many customers with the ease and efficiency of their piano moving operation. ![]() David has developed some innovative grand moving dollies and techniques. Local and long-distance moves have grown to represent about one-third of their income. Barbara (the pretty half of DaBar Enterprises) does the scheduling, paperwork, some action restoration, and assists in most of the moving. He has been an RPT since 1986 and is very active in the Oklahoma Chapter, currently serving as president.ĭavid and his wife, Barbara, operate a piano service business in Oklahoma City specializing in tuning, repair, regulation and moving. In 1985, after working in the counseling field for several years, he decided to return to piano work full time. He earned his bachelor degree in psychology at Oberlin College and his masters in social work at the University of Oklahoma. His goal was to gain a well-paying skill to help pay for college expenses. Chris is a member of the Boston Chapter and his company, Concord Piano LLC provides tuning and repair services to the Boston Metro West area.ĭavid Bonham, RPT and Barbara Bonham - Oklahoma Chapterĭavid Bonham trained under Robert Carbaugh in Chicago in 1969, gaining high school credit through the newly developed Diversified Occupations program. Another outcome was the Grandwork™ Regulation Station: a patented suite of tools designed by Chris to take as much of grand action work out of the piano as possible and make it more predictable, more accurate, and easier to perform. Out of this move toward specialization emerged The Piano Rebuilders, a rebuilding consortium that included Chris on actions, Mike Morvan on keywork, and Jude Reveley as bellyman. Then in 2005, he set up a new shop specifically for the restoration and fitting of actions. In 1982, he moved to Concord MA and for 23 years split his time between in-home piano service, concert tuning, and rebuilding work. His traditional five-year piano technology apprenticeship included courses and employment at Berklee College of Music and two years at North Bennet Street School. In 1973, Chris graduated from Williams College as a music major. ![]()
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