Staff and Contributors

Larry Fine, publisher and editor, is author of The Piano Book. A Registered Piano Technician, Fine has been involved in the piano industry for 35 years.

Steve Cohen, contributing editor and consultant, has been a piano industry consultant for over 35 years. He is also the owner of Jasons Music Center, a third-generation music business serving the Baltimore/DC market.

Barbara Fandrich, advertising director and research associate

Del Fandrich, acoustic piano technical consultant

Alden Skinner, digital piano technical consultant

Richard Lehnert, copyeditor

Julie Gallagher, Harry St. Ours, design and production

Other contributors to the current issue:

Steve Brady, author of Under the Lid: The Art and Craft of the Concert Piano Technician (Byzantium Books, 2008), currently works each summer as head piano technician at the Aspen Music Festival. The rest of the year he services and rebuilds pianos and teaches piano technology in Seattle. Visit his website at stevebradypiano.com.

Ori Bukai is owner of Allegro Pianos in Stamford, Connecticut.

Brian Chung is Senior Vice President of Kawai America Corporation and a leading proponent of the benefits of making music. He is also a pianist, and co-author (with Dennis Thurmond) of Improvisation at the Piano: A Systematic Approach for the Classically Trained Pianist (Alfred Publishing, 2007). Visit his website at www.brianchung.net.

Judith Cohen regularly performs, especially in the Pacific Northwest, as soloist, with orchestras, and in chamber ensembles. Since 1989, Ms. Cohen has served as Artistic Director of the Governor's Chamber Music Series in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Cohen has been a Steinway artist since 2005. Visit her website at www.judithrcohen.com.

Mike Kemper is a Los Angeles-based piano technician and expert on electronic player-piano systems.

Lewis Lipnick is the principal contrabassoonist of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, and an internationally-acclaimed soloist and teacher. His consulting firm, LipnickDesign, specializes in designing high-resolution audio and video systems, recording studios, and home theaters; in environmental sound control; and in the acoustical design of commercial and residential spaces. Visit his website at www.lipnickdesign.com.

George Litterst (www.georgelitterst.com) is a nationally known music educator, clinician, author, performer, and developer of music software. In the last role, Mr. Litterst is co-author of the intelligent accompaniment program Home Concert Xtreme, the electronic music-blackboard program Classroom Maestro, and the long-distance teaching program Internet MIDI, all from TimeWarp Technologies (www.timewarptech.com).

Sally Phillips, piano technician, has worked in virtually every aspect of the piano industry — service, retail, wholesale, and manufacturing. As a concert-piano technician, she has tuned and prepared pianos for concert and recording work in such venues as Town Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and for such orchestras as the Cincinnati Symphony, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic. Ms. Phillips lives in Kentucky and works throughout the southeastern U.S. She can be reached at sphillipspiano@hotmail.com.

Alden Skinner has been involved in both the manufacturing and retail sides of the piano business for over 20 years. He currently holds a product management position in the telecommunications field.

Chris Solliday, RPT, has been a piano technician for 35 years. His piano-service business is based in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia and New York City. His private clientele includes concert artists Keith Jarrett, Fred Hersch, Eugene Albulescu, and many other professional musicians. In addition to offering regular, full piano service, Solliday specializes in custom touch designs. He can be reached at www.csollidaypiano.com.

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