July 2024 update: For new clients: For private, in-home tuning service, our practice focuses on maintaining modern grand pianos (and some newer upright models) by manufacturers including Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Boston, Schimmel, and Estonia.
We will gladly continue to service all pianos for our long-time, returning clients.
For institutional service including schools, churches, etc., we will service all grand and upright pianos in acceptable and tuneable condition.
Our workshop is dedicated to providing complete piano rebuilding and restoration services (soundboards, actions, refinishing) for vintage Steinway grand pianos, and thorough reconditioning services (restringing with new tuning pins, new hammers) for high-quality instruments such as Yamaha and Kawai (and others listed above).
Donnelly Piano Service is a fully-insured business providing concert-quality tuning and complete restoration services for the discerning piano owner in the Seacoast NH and Southern Maine areas (including Kennebunkport, York, Durham, Portsmouth, Exeter, and Newburyport).
Eric is a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) in the Piano Technicians Guild and a graduate of the North Bennet Street School Piano Technology program in Boston. Eric has completed the Theodore Steinway Technical Academy at the Steinway factory in New York and is a member of the Steinway Technical Assistance Team. Eric also has a B.M. in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire.
Eric is the concert piano technician for The University of New Hampshire, The Music Hall, Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club, Sanford Performing Arts Center, and The Dance Hall. Eric is formerly a technician for New England Conservatory (NEC) and Steinway Hall, NYC. Our restoration work includes pianos at the University of New Hampshire, Groton Hill Music School (formerly Indian Hill), and the International School of Boston, Cambridge.
For Sale: Available Spring 2024: (all pianos will be fully rebuilt with a new soundboard, new action, and premium refinishing – please inquire for details and pictures)
- 1921 Steinway Model O, Satin Ebony
- 1887 Steinway Model B (85-note), Satin Ebony
- 1907 Steinway Model A2, Satin Ebony
- 1882 Steinway Model A1 (85-note), Rosewood
- Kawai KG-2D (reconditioned)
- Kawai GM-10 (reconditioned)
We do not service: digital pianos, old pneumatic player pianos, early-1900s upright pianos, spinets, electric pianos (i.e. Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer 200A).
We do not move pianos but we frequently work with Griffin Piano Moving (Nashua, NH), and Piano Movers, Inc. (Nashua NH).