Angela DeRosa, Expert Piano Technician, and Tuner

Angela DeRosa has been working with pianos since 1999. She grew up playing classical piano. At age 18, she was preparing a repertoire for New England Conservatory until she passed a Piano Showroom on Boylston street in Boston. It was right around the corner from Berklee School of Music and Boston Conservatory. The showroom was called Pianoforte INC., run by renowned piano technician Dennie Chambers, and was full of beautiful rebuilt piano brands such as Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Chickering, Mehlin, and other great American pianos. The basement was a full rebuilding and refinishing workshop full of piano technicians. The team at Pianoforte serviced all of Berklee’s pianos, and many other pianos throughout Boston with the most notable and prestigious colleges, music schools, studios, jazz clubs, and major stages and concert venues.

 Every morning in the shop, along with the other 6 apprentices, Angela was taught about piano maintenance, regulation, and then finally tuning. After the lesson, they were sent to Berklee to work on the seven hundred plus pianos in Ensemble rooms, stages, faculty rooms, and practice rooms, providing a high volume and intensive training. It was important that the technicians learned to work fast and skillfully, as there was pressure to have all the pianos tuned on weekly schedule. Yamaha master technicians from Japan came and gave a week long course to the Pianoforte technicians to further them in Yamaha regulation and tuning techniques. It was an arduous but unique training experience which provided Angela with some great experience. Working at Berklee and learning from Master Denny Chambers and his protege’s was the best training that a piano technician could get.

Angela moved on to work for M. Steinert & Sons in Boston, a Steinway dealer, and then to work for Master technician and fellow Pianoforte INC. colleague at Fred Mudge Piano Service. Working for Fred gave her the field experience and workshop expertise to complete her skills. She worked in a massive workshop alongside rebuilders such as Aardvark Piano, Joe Pagano, Chris Pleim, etc.

In 2010 Angela moved to NYC to work for Steinway & Sons in their hall on 57th st. She worked in the retail department, training under master piano technician to the greatest classical music names in the world, Alex Markowich. The work at Steinway was constant and precise, and she learned so much from Alex and the many master technicians there. She loved the pianos, the people she met and worked with, and living in New York City. Steinway is and always has been her favorite piano.

During her decade in New York City, Angela subcontracted for various companies including Carroll Music, Propiano, Steinway & Sons, and Allegro Pianos. She was in major venues daily and among celebrity musicians, tuning anywhere from five to twelve pianos a day.

Today she offers her services in Miami to the same variety of customers. Angela still works for Steinway and Sons and Yamaha in Miami. She loves building her clientele and providing them with the best. She values educating her clients on getting the best out of their piano, perfectionism and excellence in her work, and attention to detail.

Angela also has a Bachelors of Arts in History and English from UMASS, loves yoga, vegan cooking, writing fiction, traveling, and volunteering.