Piano Tech
Collin has been an avid student of piano technology since moving to Austin in 2006, tinkering on 3 of his own (and a few of his friends uprights) between 2007 and 2010. He joined part time at Hachenberg and Sons Pianos in Tucson under the apprenticeship of Kirby Tucker in Tucson AZ (2012), often putting 4-6 hours of a full overhaul on trade-in uprights and concert grands out of the box!
Since returning to Austin in 2014, he's tuned and prepared pianos for ACL (2016&17), TSU School of Music (San Marcos), Utopia Festival Good Times Stage, The Paramount Theatre, One World Theatre, Music Masters Pianos, Strait Music, Historic Scoot Inn, Whislers, Dozen Street, Elephant Room, Eddie V’s, Lambert’s, Perry’s Steakhouse, Dozen Street, Skylark Lounge, The Townsend, Jazz TX (San Antonio), Cezanne Jazz Club (Houston), and many other rooms in Central Texas.
Radiohead, Mumford and Sons, Dr. John, Father John Misty, Elvis Costello, John Scofield, George Winston, Robert Glasper, Kiko Matsui, Gregory Porter, Patty Griffin, Jenny Lewis, Andrew McMahon, Rich Harney, Kevin Lovejoy, Dr. Joe, Bob Schneider, and many notable Texan pianists are among his accolades of clients.
Collins service rates are as follows:
$175 - First Tuning including a pitch raise/rough pass, fine tuning pass, minor tweaks and fixes
$125 - Retuning 2nd Visit within 12 months (or piano within +/- 5 cents of A=440hz
$400 - Minimal Functional Regulation:
Cleaning of Keybed and Lubricating Action Pins
Assessing and Performing, if needed:
Filing/Shaping/Voicing 88 Hammers
Setting Letoff Height for all 88 keys
Evening Repetition Levers - 88 keys (grand pianos)
Evening Back Check Height - 88 keys
Aligning Jack To Knuckles/Lost Motion
Seating Strings onto Bridge Pins (helps to remove false beats and strengthen each notes fundamental)