Nicholas’s career was not always certain. In 1999, he earned a B.A. in Art with a minor in Film Studies at the University of Rhode Island. While he enjoyed painting and illustration, he chose not to pursue it as a full-time occupation. In 2002 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a manager at the Knitting Factory, a popular music venue in Hollywood.
One who works with her hands is a laborer; one who works with her hands and her brain is a craftsperson; but one who works with her hands and her brain and her heart is an artist.
~ Louis Nizer ~
Dale is a second-generation piano technician. Having grown up in the piano world, and in a deeply musical family, prepared Dale for a career in custom piano restoration and rebuilding. His wife Trix and his sons Dennis & Jacob work together at the family business Erwin’s Piano Restorations in Modesto, California. They are the exclusive makers of what we consider the best soundboards in the world, and DAP is proud to put one in every custom full piano restoration we do.
Phenoyd and I have been friends and professional collaborators for a quarter century. He is my constant refinisher of choice.
Classic Woods is a second-generation company, first started in the ’60’s, then re-established in 1997, in Van Nuys, California. Phenoyd Ezra picked up what he refers to as “old-world craftsmanship” growing up in a company owned by his father.
