PETRICH'S PIANO SHOP
(206) 324-5055

Tuning, Repairs, Regulating

Dean Petrich, RPT, has been servicing pianos since 1973, and was President of the Seattle Chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild for two years.  Dean maintained the library and archives of seminar, convention and technical presentations and is interested in combining efforts with other chapter archivists and PTG Journal collectors.  He also maintained the chapter web site.
Dean has a database of nearly 3000 customers, owns over 150 pianos, and moves, tunes, repairs and rents pianos weekly.
If you would like a piano, Dean has pianos for sale, for rent, for trade, and for free.  (The free ones don't work.)
(To view the Seattle Chapter PTG website, contact Dean at petrich@whidbey.com for the URL.)
To service your piano, contact Dean at
(206) 324-5055 in Seattle, or
(360) 730-7992 on Whidbey.

Dean's Life
Photos of Dean
Customer Comments

Interested in why pianos need tuning?
See "How To Keep a Piano in Tune."

Rentals
Dean owns over 150 pianos, most of which were obtained for free.  He is a piano recycler by renovating, rebuilding and putting pianos back into circulation that otherwise would have been thrown out. If you would like to rent a piano at a low price, check out this page.
 

Piano Moving

So You Want To Move It Yourself, Huh?
A practical guide full of specific techniques for moving a piano either by yourself or with friends who know absolutely nothing about manipulating heavy weights.  Described also are unconventional ways to move a piano using available materials.

Old Pianos Hauled Away

You have come to the right place.
I haul away old pianos.
(206) 324-5055

Listen to this podcast interview with Dean: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=26063

Newspaper Articles

Piano Man

"Island Living" section of the South Whidbey Record, Wednesday, December 15, 2004:

"He Lives Life Like He Keeps His Pianos: A Finely Tuned Instrument"

Piano Recycler

The Whidbey Examiner, Thursday, January 5, 2012, by Toni Grove

"Musician Cares for Orphaned Uprights"


Hearing Loss

Links
All Pianos - A Valuable Piano Directory and Information Resource.

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