Danny is the Steinway piano technician and head of the piano technology department of Dollarhide
Music and Sound, specializing in tuning and rebuilding the Gulf Coast's finest pianos and
harpsichords, including antique restoration of such historical pianos as the Steinway in the
Mississippi Governor's Mansion and the 1850 square grand piano in the Oakleigh House in Mobile.
Danny is the area's concert tuner for both the Mobile and Pensacola Symphonies, The University of
West Florida, Pensacola Junior College, and numerous artist series throughout the area including the
prestigious "Music at Christ Church" series. In his 32 year career as a piano technician, he has
prepared pianos for the area concerts of numerous celebrities, including Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope,
Izsac Perlman, Harry Connick, Jr., Barry Manilow, Roger Williams, Peter Nero, Lou Rawls, Garrison
Keiler's "A Prairie Home Companion", and many others.
In 2004 he was commissioned to rebuild a Steinway in Novi Sad, Serbia/Montenegro, and traveled there and spent a month in the country on that project. In 2006 he was invited back to Novi Sad as a solo handbell artist.
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