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 Kris Kunze, RPT
 
Kris has been working with pianos since 1992.  During the summer of 1993 he worked as an apprentive tuner at the Aspen Music Festival.  Western Iowa Tech awarded him a degree in piano technology in 1994.
 
Kris has been a member of the Piano Technicians Guild since 1993, and in 1998 passed the Guild's comprehensive series of exams to achieve the status of Registered Piano Technician (RPT).
 
Working as a staff technician at highly regarded piano repair and rebuilding facilities in Toronto, Canada and Denver, Colorado, Kris developed considerable skills and a passion for refurbishing and rebuilding of fine old pianos.  "Nothing is more satisfying than giving an old instrument a new musical life."
 
Kris now works independently serving clients throughout the greater Denver area and, in concert with Becky Jakobsen, in their Denver repair facility.  Together they continue the tradition of quality craftsmanship that every piano deserves.
Becky Jakobsen,  RPT
 
Becky likes...no, loves to play piano.   This has fueled her desire to service pianos - big or small, old or new.  She started training as a piano technician in 1997 at a major piano retail store in Denver.  She passed the third exam administered by the Piano Technician's Guild to become a Registered Piano Technician in August 2008.  However, not one to sit on her laurels, she has continued to hone her skills as a technician.  In the last three years since Becky and Kris have opened their repair shop, she has had opportunity to be involved in several rebuilding projects and has restrung several pianos, thus taking part in rebuilding projects from beginning to end.  "There are hundreds of details to attend to and it is hard work, but the end result is really gratifying."