I am a Registered Piano Technician in the Piano Technicians Guild, servicing pianos in the Sacramento area since 1984. I have tuned for Abbey Simon, NRBQ, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, Barry Manilow, Chantal Kreviazuk, Tori Amos,  Jessica Williams, David Lanz, Holly Near, Johnny Cash, George Benson, Patti Labelle, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Marcus Roberts, David Benoit, David Foster, and many other artists, including Sacramento greats Joe Gilman, Markus Burger, Brenda Tom, Anton Barbeau, Tom Peron, Mat Marucci, and Jim Martinez. I have tuned at the Community Center Theater, Memorial Auditorium, ARCO Arena, and the Crest Theater. I am associated with institutions including Larrick Piano, Studio Instrument Rentals, Music Exchange, Sacramento City College, Cosumnes River College, and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. For twelve years, I serviced the pianos for the Sacramento City Unified School District.

I have trained at the Yamaha Little Red Schoolhouse. I specialize in servicing the Yamaha Disklavier player piano, for which I am factory-trained.

I have many years working with MIDI-based systems. I can set up and troubleshoot computer MIDI interfaces, keyboards, and music software.

If you are from outside Sacramento and you would like a referral to a piano technician, visit the Piano Technicians Guild referral page.

LINKS:

General piano care
Finish care
Other technicians and service people
Recommended reading
Looking for a piano teacher?
Music and dance lessons by Philip Seyer
Interested in becoming a piano tuner?
Newsletter of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild
Tuner humor

You can reach me at (916)447-5494 or mark@markstivers.com