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Profile Of Peter Millgate, Piano Tuner/Proprietor

About Peter Millgate, Piano Tuner

Whilst at College I was sent on a 6 week placement at the Yamaha piano factory where I tuned Yamaha and Kemble pianos.

After leaving college in July 1986, I went to live and work in Cambridge. I worked for a short time with a piano company Specialising in Player Pianos [Pianola]. I then decided to set up my own piano tuning and repair business and became self employed. My large client base included:

• The Purse Girls School.
• St. Mary’s School
• Cambridge Univercity including: Jesus College and Corpus Christi College

In spring 2001 after a short illness I decided to move To the Midlands to be closer to my family.

Due to a national shortage of qualified, insured and CRB approved piano tuners, I am finding there is a demand for work over a wider area. My work takes me all over the Midlands.

A list of some of the customers and organisations I work or have worked for.

• Birmingham Hippodrome http://www.birminghamhippodrome.com
• Solihull Metropolitan borough Council
  Including:
  most of the school pianos
  Solihull Music Service
  The Solihull Arts Complex
  
• St. Marie’s RC Cathedral
• The Cutler’s Hall
• Ashdell Preparatory School
• Tapton Secondary School
• Norton Secondary School
• Priory School
• Piano Recording Studio, Sheffield [James Bacon]
  http://www.pianorecording.co.uk
• Somersault Restaurant, 27 High Street, Rugby
• An insurance company which I am contracted to tune and repair damaged pianos to a high standard.

In 2007 I met my partner Angela and her 2 children.

In 2008 I was made a Fellow Of The Association Of Blind Piano Tuners, recognising my significant and long lasting contribution to the association and to the piano tuning profession.

I have recently been vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and approved to work in situations with vulnerable adults or children.

I developed a love for the piano at a young age and learnt to play at school. I really enjoy hearing the piano being played. I get great job satisfaction out of tuning pianos of all makes and sizes including Bösendorfer, Steinway, Bechstein, Blüthner, Knight, Welmar, Chappell, Kemble, Bently and Yamaha to name but a few and making them sound “nice” for my customers.