Tonecraft
Piano Works

Concert-level tuning, voicing, and rebuilding — brought to your piano by a craftsman with 25+ years behind the bench.

Aaron Sandner, RPT — Founder & Lead Piano Technician

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Tonecraft Piano Works — Workshop, Traverse City

WHAT WE DO

Care that inspires creativity

Concert-level artist support across Traverse City, Leelanau County, and Northern Michigan.

Every service, held to a concert-level standard.

Tuning

Precision pitch and stability for performance, practice, and everyday play.

Voicing

Shaping tone and touch so the instrument responds the way it was designed to.

Repair

Skilled diagnosis and repair for mechanical and structural issues.

Cleaning

Interior and exterior care to protect your piano's condition.

Climate Control

Humidity control system service and installation to protect your investment year-round.

Rebuilding

Full restorations that bring heirloom, concert instruments and accessories back to life.

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THE CRAFT

Two decades of concert-
level craft, by the numbers.

Manufacturer-trained, university-tested, and built on a standard most regional techs never train for.

Years of experience

Years as NAU lead technician

Manufacturer certifications

Formally trained by

SteinwayYamahaShigeru Kawai

THE STORY

Twenty-five years of listening
to what a piano needs.

An ear tuned by growing up around musicians — not manuals — became the foundation for more than 25 years of hands-on technical experience, including the better part of a decade as lead piano technician at Northern Arizona University. Today, Tonecraft Piano Works brings that same concert-level standard to every piano in Northern Michigan.

It didn't start in a workshop. Aaron Sandner grew up underneath a piano, not beside one — his father was a professional jazz pianist, and the instrument was the center of gravity in the Sandner household long before Aaron ever earned a living from it.

WHERE WE WORK

Service Area

Tonecraft Piano Works is based in Traverse City, serving Traverse City and Leelanau County at the core, with regular service extending along the bay to Elk Rapids, Charlevoix, Boyne City, Bay Harbor, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs. From there, Aaron's reach extends further still — across the northern Lower Peninsula, into the Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island.

Core

Traverse City and Leelanau County — our home base and most frequent service radius.

Extended Core

North along the east side of Grand Traverse Bay — Elk Rapids, Charlevoix, Boyne City, Bay Harbor, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs.

Extended Range

The northern Lower Peninsula to the Lake Huron side, plus the Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island — with case-by-case travel into northern Ohio, northern Indiana, and Chicago through the institutions and organizations we work with there.

THE DIFFERENCE