Shackleford Pianos

I began working on pianos as a teenager in 1984. I was fortunate to start my career with Wayne Stuart, who is now recognised as one of the world's great piano makers through his Stuart and Sons concert grands. I have learned from master technicians such as Yoji Suzuki (Yamaha) Max Matthias (Steinway Hamburg) Franz Mohr (Steinway New York) and Gerhard Felmann (B? Sendorfer) as well as piano designer Mark Allen and Nicholas Rog, an early piano restorer and maker. Keith Hill and Pietor Zimmerman enabled me to explore further kinds of acoustics and the instrument making process.