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Karl Verhnjak started in the piano business in 1974 with his wife Eileen at his side. Together they ran the family business. Karl started out tuning pianos for many stores and quickly developed a reputation as a quality piano technician. After many years of rebuilding pianos in the back yard shop they decided to open in a commercial location. This allowed them to be properly insured and have a better working environment.
The first shop was in located in Coquitlam B.C. and K.V. Pianoman LTD. / Verhnjak Pianos was created. After a few years the shop moved to Port Moody to gain more space. In 1984 Karl, Eileen and their two sons Rod & Dave moved to White Rock B.C. where the current shop is today.
Rod Verhnjak, Karl's son grew up around the piano shop, he was 5 years old when his father started Verhnjak pianos. At age 12 Rod was doing many tasks around the shop, at 14 under the direction of his father, Rod rebuilt his first piano. Throughout High School Rod worked in the piano shop weekends and summers learning the piano trade. In 1989 Rod Graduated from high school and joined the family business. Rod has been a member of the Piano Technicians Guild since 1991 and has attended over 20 conventions, where he has taught and taken classes. Rod was put in charge of the rebuilding shop in 1995 while Karl was on the road tuning and servicing pianos. Most of Rod's training came from hands on experience and direction from his father who was a
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