Greetings to all of you from Georgia Piano Rebuilders! My name is Paulette Boyd. Many of you probably already know us because we have been taking care of Atlanta’s pianos for 34 years now. At that time you knew us as “The Piano Tuning Company”.
In the early years my husband Vernon Boyd was your piano tuner. Maybe you met us in a Kroger store where we would play the piano for you while you shopped and we gave you advice about your piano. Possibly you might have seen us at Phipps Plaza, Lenox Mall or a craft show. No telling where you might have seen us.
My husband was a blind piano tuner and I the driver. Over the years I built up many friendships with you as we chatted about everything under the sun while he tuned your piano. That was also the time of my apprenticeship in the piano repair business. Vernon certainly knew everything there was to know about pianos and I was a willing student.
Changing Times in the Piano World
Unfortunately for all, Vernon passed away in 1992, and so my youngest son Eddie House and I carried on the business, with lots of help from a staff of tuners that were my husband’s peers. As time went on we also took some training in refinishing and rebuilding and so became a lot more than just a piano tuning business. We expanded our scope of business and became “The Piano Rebuilders”. We put in new pin blocks, restrung pianos, replaced felt and put beautiful finishes on many of your pianos.
We brought in a good friend, Bill See, and taught him how to do the same thing. Those were busy years and time flew by. Eventually we moved our business out of our home and into a shop, first on Abbotts Bridge in Duluth, GA. and then on Buford Hwy in Norcross where we stayed for many years. What a wonderful way to spend your life: bringing music into other peoples’ lives. We were not elitists. Our mission: To make sure that everyone who wanted a piano to play, had one in good working condition. We even had good used pianos for sale which have all been delivered to your home and by this point in time may have already been passed down to your children.
As Time Goes By
Although we do more rebuilding, refinishing and moving than tuning, we have an awesome tuner who could make anyone’s piano sound like it never did before. During all this time our business has not really changed much from our original mission. We still believe in tuning done by ear, doing things the right way, and earning your trust. I suppose I should retire now, but then who would bring your piano back to life to give you those years of playing enjoyment?
Nowadays we still accept pianos for restoration on a select basis and have fine tuned (no pun intended) our name to reflect our availability to all the folks in Georgia who want to see the musical life put back into their grandmothers or Aunt Mary’s piano.
We hope you like “Georgia Piano Rebuilders” website and our new blog.
We are going to tell you the story of the pianos that we meet from this day forward – with the trials and tribulations, the joys and the blessings that we encounter along the way. I hope you will follow along and enjoy the journey. If you have time please add your pianos story below in the comments section.
And Now It’s Your Turn: I look forward to hearing about your pianos, who plays them and how they are bringing music and memories into your life!! Long live the piano.
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