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I am a full time organ/piano technician who has been actively involved with the design, building, repair, maintenance and installation of organs and pianos for 35 years. I began as a keyboard instrument apprentice and hold degrees in music and electronics. If you need a piano's date of manufacture, please go to http://www.pianoexchange.com/howold.htm or http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/pianoage.html I am happy to answer musical or technical questions, however, I CANNOT offer appraisals on pianos or organs. Please do not ask what an instrument is worth. For this service please contact an experienced local appraiser or try the following links: https://mmm1100.verio-web.com/blueb1/appraisal.html or http://www.57piano.com/questions.htm
Experience in the area
I have been actively involved with the design, building, repair, maintenance and installation of organs and pianos for 35 years. I service carillons, chimes and tower clocks. I began as a keyboard instrument apprentice and hold degrees in music and electronics.
Education/Credentials
I began as a keyboard instrument apprentice and hold degrees in music and electronics.
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Recent Answers from Thomas Britanyak
2012-05-22 Lowery Celebration:
Hello Louis! It sounds like there is more than one problem going on here. Intermittent keying is indeed indicative of a contact problem. However, with a distorted sound, we are probably looking at an
2012-05-13 year of manufacture on piano:
Hello Calvin! I suggest the following websites: http://www.pianoexchange.com/howold.htm http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/pianoage.html#CABLE Because the Wellington was built by the Cable Company
2012-05-01 Baldwin DVP80 Battery:
Hello Harry! Modern digital devices are in part composed of a CPU board which only needs to be told what it is to do at each start-up. Meaning, the software tells the computer it is to run a car, fly
2012-04-27 1991 Lowery Holiday Organ Mod. B300:
Hello Dave! Just about anything is possible in electronics. However, things always have the potential to get complicated. The fact that Leslie built many different designs for many different organs
2012-04-23 Thomas Califirnian Organ 263:
Hello Patricia! There are many potential causes of a silent organ. The most common causes are due to speaker switches that get turned on that turn the internal or external speakers off. So, make certain
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