From his conservatory studies as a youth in Europe to owning and operating a 13,000 square foot workshop in the heart of Manhattan, Leopold Holder has spent much of his life bringing new life to pianos and keyboard instruments.
- As a young man, studied piano at a music conservatory in Europe
- Studied physics at New York University and piano technology at the affiliated Manhattan School of Music (1971 -73)
- Thoroughly trained in piano technology at Boston’s North Bennett Street Industrial School under William Garlick and David Befts (1975-76)
- Certified as an expert piano technician by the Baldwin Piano Company (1976)
- Resident Technician at Third Street Music School (America’s oldest) (1976-79)
- Taught a course in Piano Maintenance to musicians at same institution (1978)
- Musically prepared the Alma Tadema designed Steinway grand piano for auction at Sotheby’s, which sold for $400,000, the highest price ever paid for a piano at an auction (1979)
- Vice President of The Piano Technician’s Guild, New York City Chapter (1981-83)
- President of The Piano Technician’s Guild, New York City Chapter (1983-1985)
- Opened New York Piano Center, Inc. in Midtown Manhattan (1985-2002)
- Expanded New York Piano Center, Inc. to a 13,000 sq. ft. industrial space in Chelsea, rebuilding pianos for clients ranging from France to Chicago (1992)
- Exhibited rebuilt pianos at a piano show in Blois, France (1993)
- In the course of business for over twenty years NY Piano Center, Inc. had specialized in soundboard replacement and became one of the most prominent and reliable piano re-builders in the United States, serving the needs of some of the finest and most well known piano dealerships such as Jacobs Music of Philadelphia, Artists’ Piano and Pro Piano of NYC, Steinert Piano of Boston, Richmond Piano of Richmond, VA and others
- Distinguished clients over the years: Gary Graffman, Eugene Istomin, Renata Scotto, Marvin Hamlisch, Diane Sawyer, Eartha Kitt, Linda Lavin, Tovah Feldshuh, The Rainbow Room, Maestro Rescigno, Peter Schaefer, Mary Travers, Lorne Michaels, Ballstate University, Metropolitan Opera, Windows on the World, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Harlem Dance Company, Cooper Union, Carnegie Museum, Cirque du Soleil, Mr Holland’s Opus, and numerous others
- Featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Forbes, the New York Times Magazine, Newsday, Time Out NY, the Wall Street Journal, and Business Week
- Feature interview subject on local television stations WNYW Fox Channel 5, WABC Channel 7, NY 1 News, WNBC Channel 4; and cable networks CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television
- Featured in the book NEW YORK: METROPOLIS OF DREAMS (Towery Publishing, 2004)
- Member of Piano Technicians Guild and American Musical Instruments Society
- Member of the Appraisers Association of America
- Lectured at Piano Technicians Guild in Philadelphia in 2006 and New York in 2007
- Worked closely with NYC Bechstein dealership throughout 2008 servicing warranty claims
- Successfully completed a 15-hour course and examination on the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the Congressionally recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by the Appraisal Foundation: completed in January 2016, effective till January 2018
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