Seroe Michaud, Certified Piano Technician

B. A. in Music  Majoring in Piano and Education, Cum Laude

Advanced Degree in Piano Technology Highest Honors

Assoc. Member of the Piano Technician's Guild

    Seroe's love of the piano began when she sat at the keys for the first time at the age of 5. She continued on to major in music and piano in college and graduated with honors from Westfield State College in 1984. She began studying piano tuning and technology in 1986 and graduated with highest honors from the renowned Potter School of Piano Technology which is certified by the Oregon Department of Education. As a PTG member, Seroe stays up to date on the latest techniques and innovations in the piano industry, reading the monthly journals and attending conferences. Seroe is also certified by Dampp-Chaser an expert installer of the  Piano Life Saver.

      In 2006, Seroe attended a 70 hour hands on advanced training seminar held at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Michaud increased her current skills in the specialty of concert tuning, and regulation techniques under the direction of RandiSue Potter, Director of the Randi Potter School of Piano Technology, Dave Swartz, piano technician at Northwestern College School of Music, and Ward Guthrie, piano technician at Montana State University.

   What makes you unique
  Michaud's Piano is woman owned and operated. Seroe offers a unique perspective as a technician because she is a professional pianist. She brings her musicality and musicianship into her work as a piano technician and works to make each piano sound its very best. Michaud offers accurate piano tunings, working aurally in tandem with the use of a state-of-the-art tuning scope that will provide the most even progressive tuning throughout the keyboard possible, accommodating for scaling and harmonic inconsistencies.

     Where have you tuned? 

         Piano studios, churches, schools and concert halls and homes throughout Western Massachusetts.