Randy Cassotto
PIANO TUNER & TECHNICIAN
Serving Over 1,800 Clients, Since 2005
PIANO TUNER & TECHNICIAN
Serving Over 1,800 Clients, Since 2005
Some places serviced
Wintonbury Church, Farmington Woods, Marvelwood Preparatory School, The Warner Theatre, Infinity Hall, The Bushnell Performing Arts Center, First Congregational Church of Canton, Bakerville United Methodist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, West Hartford Public Library, Valley Baptist Church, The Truth Baptist Church, Country Club of Farmington, Avon Old Farms School, Avon Public Library, Avon Congregational Church, Farmington Public Library, Simsbury Public Library, Marvelwood Preparatory School, & more.
What We Do
Servicing ALL MAKES of New & Used UPRIGHTS & GRANDS
YAMAHA • KAWAI • YOUNG CHANG • STEINWAY • BALDWIN • MASON & HAMLIN
YAMAHA • KAWAI • YOUNG CHANG • STEINWAY • BALDWIN • MASON & HAMLIN
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2005 to Today: I have maintained and serviced over 1,800 client's pianos in Canton, Simsbury, Avon, West Hartford, Granby, Farmington, and 75 Connecticut towns in homes, schools, churches, and concert halls.
2009 to 2016: Concert Piano Technician for Infinity Hall / Artists tuned for: Jim Brickman, John Legend, Dave Brubeck, Tori Amos, Chick Corea, Richard Marx, Marc Cohn, and many more. Services Offered: TUNING & advanced REPAIRS, key PERFORMANCE corrections, concert prepping, complete POLISHING & cleaning, TONE QUALITY improvements, installing HUMIDITY SYSTEMS to protect the piano's components & tuning, PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTIONS, APPRAISALS, and offer sales of excellent quality RECONDITIONED & REBUILT pianos. My wife is also an accomplished newborn photographer in Connecticut at Saren Cassotto Photography. |
70+ Client Testimonials
” I have worked with Randy Cassotto for over three years, and in my 15 years of experience, Randy is by far the best piano Technician I have ever had the pleasure to work with”.
Fred Schane, Infinity Hall FOH |
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piano
TUNING Recommended: 3 to 6 months (discounts available) / the act of adjusting over 200 tuning pins & strings, aligning them to sound please when a key or keys are depressed. |
action
REGULATION How even, dynamic, & controlled each of the 88 keys respond. Recommended: A complete regulation every 4 to 8 years will greatly improve your piano's functionality. Repairs & tone quality, called "voicing" may accompany or exceed this category. |
climate
CONTROL Recommended: Room humidity 42%. Ideally, keeping your humidity consistent will prolong a tuning and maintain a piano's overall health and key performance functionality. |
FURNITURE REPAIR |
Scratch Repair |
Keytop Resurfacing |
Local Piano Tuner A Key Part of Recent Brickman Bash in Nashville
By John Fitts (Patch Staff) - Updated Aug 5, 2013 10:59 am ET
As a piano tuner RANDY CASSOTTO has worked for many renowned musicians and recently had the chance to be part of Brickman Bash in Nashville.
Earlier in the year Cassotto, a Canton resident who owns 88 On Pitch, tuned for Jim Brickman when the famous piano player performed at Infinity Hall in Norfolk. As it turned out, Brickman was so impressed with Cassotto's work that he had him down for the special run of concerts in the Nashville area for four days in July. Cassotto had the chance to travel to Brickman Bash with his wife Saren Rasmusson Cassotto. "Working directly with Jim was surreal," Cassotto said. "The experience had me recalling a concert of his I attended at The Bushnell in the fall of 1997 as a college sophomore. At the time, I remember thinking how awesome it would be to be up there on stage with Jim, playing his songs or how great it would be to one day become his piano technician. Over 15 years later, it all became a reality." The Brickman Bash included line dancing on the red carpet, a show at the Franklin Theater for a songwriter's table with people such as Tom Douglas and Stephanie Bentley. "It was a privilege to tune the theater's Baldwin grand piano for these artists," he said. A final Nashville performance featured Jim Brickman |
on piano, Anne Cochran on vocals, Tracy Silverman on electric violin, and ex-Indianapolis Colts tight end Ben Utecht on vocals.
In Nashville, Cassotto also had the chance to visit famous haunts and buildings like the Country Music Hall of Fame. "Every street in the downtown area has music on every corner," he said. "It is just an amazing place of entertainment. " Cassotto's work has provided further opportunity as he was invited to tour as Brickman's as Jim's personal piano technician/tuner for late fall holiday tour. Cassotto graduated with a music education degree from Westfield State. He started the business in 2005 and two years later nearly closed it. "I thought I might have made a mistake entering a profession as a piano technician in a recession," he said. But I pushed on and thought since my heart was in it, I just couldn't give up. It's paid off as he eventually got to work with artists such as Tori Amos, Dave Brubeck, George Winston, Marc Cohn, Judy Collins, and many more as the concert technician at Infinity Hall. He also works in private home, colleges, churches, schools and more. |
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LOCAL TOWN DISCOUNTS
Avon (9.1 & 17), Barkhamsted (4.7 & 8), Bloomfield (11.2 & 21), Burlington (11.5 & 19), Canton (6.9 & 12), Collinsville (6.6 & 12), East Granby (15.1 & 24), East Hartland (9.9 & 15), Farmington (15.7 & 29), Granby (11.6 & 18), Harwinton (15.7 & 25), New Hartford (8.1 & 16), North Canton (2.2 & 4), North Granby (12.2 & 19), Simsbury (5.5 & 12), Tariffville (9.7 & 20), Torrington (16.5 & 29), Unionville (11.4 & 19), Weatogue (6.4 & 13), West Granby (8.7 & 14), West Hartford (14.5 & 30), West Simsbury (3 & 6), Winsted (13.6 & 22)
More than 45 other towns serviced
Avon (9.1 & 17), Barkhamsted (4.7 & 8), Bloomfield (11.2 & 21), Burlington (11.5 & 19), Canton (6.9 & 12), Collinsville (6.6 & 12), East Granby (15.1 & 24), East Hartland (9.9 & 15), Farmington (15.7 & 29), Granby (11.6 & 18), Harwinton (15.7 & 25), New Hartford (8.1 & 16), North Canton (2.2 & 4), North Granby (12.2 & 19), Simsbury (5.5 & 12), Tariffville (9.7 & 20), Torrington (16.5 & 29), Unionville (11.4 & 19), Weatogue (6.4 & 13), West Granby (8.7 & 14), West Hartford (14.5 & 30), West Simsbury (3 & 6), Winsted (13.6 & 22)
More than 45 other towns serviced
