A lifetime around the piano
I'm Joseph Garrard, a PTG-member piano technician serving the Phoenix area, based in the East Valley. I provide high-quality tuning, regulation, and repair services.
- Trained at the Piano Technician Academy under Michael Stilwell
- Studied Piano Performance at Eastern Arizona College
- Hands-on rebuilding experience under Matt Brown, Tempe, AZ
My whole life, I have been around music. My mother began teaching me piano at 10, and I played nearly every woodwind through high school. After high school, I studied piano performance at Eastern Arizona College for two years, while concurrently training with Michael Stilwell at the Piano Technician Academy (PTA).
After EAC, I went to work for Michael Stilwell at Stilwell Pianos and for Matt Brown Piano, a piano rebuilder in Tempe, Arizona.
Full Rebuilds
Assisted Matt Brown with complete rebuilding projects: belly work (shimming soundboard cracks, regluing loose ribs, bridge repair), restringing with new pinblocks, and action work — new hammers, whippens, and damper felts, regulated to feel just right.
In-Home & Venue Service
Wide-ranging tuning, voicing, and repair experience in homes, schools, piano studios, churches, performance venues, and for professional musicians.
Showroom Preparation
Maintained used pianos in-store for Stilwell Pianos and prepared them for professional videos — typically pitch correction, light regulation, and light voicing.
I believe in maintaining every piano proactively and with care.
Contact me to get your piano playing its best.