Endorsements
“John Foy is hands down on the best piano technicians I had ever worked with! During his years at years at UNC, he did an amazing job maintaining numerous pianos, including Steinway concert grands for both the Music Department and the renowned Carolina Performing Arts Series. He listens to his clients very well and delivers top quality work. As an Oberlin trained pianist, John understands sound and the instrument not only from a top technician’s perspective, but also from a performer’s point of view. I trust his judgement and skill completely and like to give the highest recommendation.”
— Clara Yang, Pianist and Piano Professor, UNC-CH
“Thanks and congratulations for your fantastic instrument!”
— Jon Nakamatsu, Pianist
“John Foy gave a voice to my piano that brought tears to my eyes. He is a craftsman and an artist.”
— Peter Takács,
Pianist and Professor of Piano, Oberlin Conservatory
“John Foy has been taking care of my pianos for over 30 years. His superlative tuning and technical skill put him in the upper echelon of piano technicians.”
— John Salmon,
Pianist and Professor of Piano, University of NC Greensboro
“John Foy’s remarkable skill in piano restoration is perhaps nowhere more evident than in Elon University’s superb Steinway concert grand, one of the most evenly voiced, perfectly regulated and beautiful sounding pianos that my brother and I have ever played.”
— Richard Contiguglia, Pianist
“In a word, John Foy is the best technician I have dealt with at any length. His sense of tonal aesthetics in the most finely tuned I have encountered. His training as a pianist at Oberlin, plus his own refined tonal concept, enable him to understand what the pianist needs and wants from the inside out. He makes the piano, and consequently the pianist, sound as good as they possibly can.”
— Barbara Lister-Sink, Pianist, Music Educator in Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique
“In my 63 years of living on this planet I have encountered three exceptional piano technicians/tuners/rebuilders: one in Memphis, one in Los Angeles and one in Asheville. The absolute best of those three men is the extraordinary John Foy. His understanding of sound quality, voicing and action is superior. His tuning is spectacular and does not dissipate quickly; rather, it holds for an unusually long period of time. Add to his incredible abilities his professionalism and humanity and one finds an artist who I believe to be stunningly brilliant at his craft. Any fine piano with a loving owner deserves to be touched by the artistry of John Foy for the absolute benefit of the pianist, the listener and the piano.”
— David Troy Francis, Pianist