Simply
Grand & Vintage
Piano Works was conceived for
the love of music and pianos by owner Matt Grossman.
For piano sales or piano service you can rely
on Simply Grand & Vintage Piano Works for
quality products, service excellence and value pricing.
Simply Grand offers
you the leading brands of new pianos as well as select
used pianos that meet our strict re-sale criteria.
Vintage Piano Works serves
you with complete piano services such as tuning, repairs,
voicing, appraisals, reconditioning, rebuilding, or
complete restoration.
You and your piano are in the capable and caring
hands of our experienced and knowledgeable
staff of master piano craftsman and experienced professional
musicians.
Matt
Grossman has worked full-time as a piano tuner, technician
and rebuilder for 35 years. He learned the craft
of piano tuning, repair and restoration as an
employee of Campbell’s
Music Co. in Washington, DC beginning in 1975. While
there, he had the opportunity to serve as a concert
piano technician for Campbell’s Steinway
Concert and Artists division where he did work
for the White House, Wolf Trap, the National Symphony
and other high profile venues and customers in
the DC area.
In 1979 Matt was hired by the University of Memphis
as Piano Technologist with the responsibility for 110
pianos, a college level course in piano maintenance
and a two-year Piano Technician Apprenticeship Program.
In 1990 he moved to the University of Louisville to
perform similar duties with 160 pianos. In 1995 Matt
began as a full-time independent piano tuner/technician.
Recognizing the need in the market place for a business
that could deliver the very best in piano repair and
restoration services, he started a small piano rebuilding
shop in Georgetown, Indiana and Vintage Piano Works
was established in 1999. In
2008 the name Simply Grand was introduced to represent
the piano sales operation of the company. Matt
Grossman is a Registered Piano Technician of the Piano
Technicians Guild Inc., has served as a technical consultant
to piano factories, written articles for the Piano
Technicians Journal and has given numerous educational
presentations for piano technicians and piano teachers.
Wade
Stephenson joined the company in 2001 as a piano
tuner, technician and rebuilder. He is a graduate
of Indiana University with a BA in music. Wade apprenticed
with Matt Grossman while attending college. In addition,
he has had extensive training with the Randy Potter
School for Piano Technology, the Yamaha Little Red
Schoolhouse and through the Piano Technicians Guild
Inc. Wade is
a expert piano tuner, technician and rebuilder, a
qualified Yamaha Disklavier certified
PianoDisc installer and a Registered Piano Technician
of the Piano Technicians Guild Inc.
Carol
Larson joined VPW in 2007 as piano and digital
piano sales consultant. Carol holds a Master’s
degree in music from the American Conservatory
of Music in Chicago and has taught piano and voice
for over 30 years. She was a member of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra Chorus singing under such prominent
conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini,
Claudio Abbado and James Levine. She also served
for many years as a church musician; singing, playing
solo piano, providing piano accompaniment and directing
church choirs in the Chicago area. Carol is a member
of the Greater Louisville Music Teacher’s
Association and is a producer and host for WUOL
90.5 FM, Louisville’s Fine Arts station.
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