About Rick Butler
Rick has been a member of the Piano Technicians Guild for over 50 years. His piano rebuilding experience encompasses work on all components of the instrument, including re-stringing, bridge and soundboard repair/replacement, pin block replacement, keyframe and key manufacture, and complete action, underlever, and trap work repair, replacement, and regulation.
Within the Piano Technicians Guild, he has served his Chapter (Washington D.C.) as President, Vice President, and Secretary, as well as on various committees locally and nationally.
He has also lectured at local, regional, and national meetings on subjects such as Tuning, Voicing, Regulation, and various aspects of Rebuilding. He is also very involved in administering the Piano Technicians Guild's tuning and technical examinations.
Rick is also engaged in teaching. He manages an educational school known as The Butler School of Piano Technology, whose primary aim is to prepare students for the Piano Technicians Guild's certification examinations, enabling them to attain the designation of "Registered Piano Technician' (RPT). Furthermore, he has contributed articles to “The Piano Technicians Journal,” the monthly publication of the Piano Technicians Guild.
His sons, John and David, both members of the Piano Technicians Guild, assist with tunings, regulation, voicing, and restorations.