![]() We have filmed and recorded many local musicians, producing several small videos of their work called Big Wrench Sessions, and our work on vintage electric pianos is showcased in our live Acoustic Electric Series. A visit to our showroom will often find professional musicians playing pianos and guitars, or talented amateurs and students stopping in to try a rebuilt Steinway grand piano or smaller refurbished upright. Our shop is a musical haven and we have the utmost respect for all genres of music. ![]() ![]() Many aspects of the trade and services available can be seen and heard in a visit to the Carroll Gardens/Gowanus, Brooklyn showroom and workshop at 264 Hoyt Street. Other services include professional in-home tuning, cleaning, repairs large and small, action regulation, appraisals and evaluations for potential buyers and sellers, full or partial rebuilding including soundboard and pin block repair or replacement, re-stringing and refinishing. We are currently the only licensed business within New York City that performs the patented balancing work known as a Precision TouchDesign™, which pairs the weight of each piano hammer to the weight of the key, calibrating each note similar to a balance scale. In addition to our showroom of fully rebuilt and refurbished pianos, we focus on piano action rebuilding, most notably the high-end balancing and calibration work pioneered by David Stanwood, RPT. Other tuner/technicians currently helping out at Big Wrench Piano Care are Bert Jantsch, RPT, and Adam Holmes, RPT. ![]() In late 2011, Big Wrench opened a piano sales showroom and repair/rebuilding shop on the popular Smith Street in Brooklyn, and has since relocated to a bigger facility on the corner of Hoyt and Degraw Streets. Early influences include established tuner/technicians Steve Drasche and the late Gene Manfrini experience in the local Piano Technician's Guild has led to association with esteemed technicians Daniel Levitan RPT, and Mike Miccio RPT, and soundboard guru and old world master craftsman, Marco DeLellis. Beginning in the Twin Cities of Minnesota at Steinway & Sons retail giant Schmitt Music and moving to Brooklyn in 2001, Brian has worked with several of the finest piano rebuilders and tuners in New York City. At its core is Brian Whiton, Registered Piano Technician (RPT). :POPULAR ARTISTS: Chano Dominguez - Beirut - Loren Humphrey of Guards - Louis Logic - Evan Mast of Abuela - Sufjan Stevens - Sebastien Tellier - Mike Stroud of Ratatat - Paul Savoy of A-ha Sharon Van Etten - The Reverend Vince Anderson - Eitan Kenner - Dan Zanes - Gotye - Dungen - Slavic Soul Party - Esperanza Spalding - Elsa Nilsson - Talib Kweli :INSTITUTIONS: BRIC Arts Media House - Princeton University - Brooklyn Music School - Browning School - Packer Collegiate Institute - The Nightingale-Bamford School - Excellence Charter School - Leadership Prep Charter School - Uncommon Schools - The High School for Enterprise, Business & Technology - Northwestern University - American Museum of Natural History - U.S.Founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2002, Big Wrench Piano Care is a small, craft-oriented piano sales, tuning and repair service catering to the needs of piano owners and musicians on every scale.
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