Back in the '60s...

Just after I got my undergraduate degree, for an adventure, I booked out as a dinner and cocktail pianist playing fine 5-Star hotel dining rooms throughout the U.S. 

I've played engagements at the St. Louis Playboy Club and Chase-Park Plaza Hote, New York's Waldorf-Astoria, Los Angeles' Beverly Wilshire, Chicago's Palmer House.

After three years of travel, it was time to settle down.. 

But I have continued playing my style of light jazz -- the music of Gershwin, Kern, Mancini, Sinatra, Bennett, Torme, show tunes and the like -- for receptions, business functions, dinner parties and weddings. 

All of my arrangements are by memory, so there is no sheet music cluttering the piano.

I would be delighted to play for you and your guests. My fee is $125 per hour, two hour minimum.

And then there's piano tuning...

As I traveled, it became apparent to me that the hotel management usually had no way of knowing whether the piano tuner they used could tune or not!  And it stood to reason.  The manager wasn't the pianist, I was, for goodness sakes. 

And yet I was depending on the hotel manager to get something done he probably hadn't the ear to do. 

Lots of piano tuners picked from the Yellow Pages come with tin ears!.  So what they do is to take an out-of-tune piano and tune it so it will still be out-of-tune, just in a different way.  Ouch!  

So to save our sanity, once while I was playing a gig in Orlando, Florida, I took a course at nearby Rollins College in piano tuning and repair. 

Ah, the perfect solution! 

And I've always been glad that I did.  And my clients are, too...especially those who are professional pianists and teachers.  You will be, too, if you call me.

Piano Tuning: $95

To Book Performances & Tunings

Call me: 214 503-8563

Notice:  Because of the rising cost of travel, we only service Dallas, Garland, Mesquite, Rowlett and Plano.

Email me: dallaspianotuner@aol.com

 William S. Cherry

Playing for Dinner Party

In addition to tuning and regulating pianos, I perform for dinner parties, receptions, wedding parties, business meetings and high teas. 

Light jazz in the style of Gershwin, Mancini, Kern,Sinatra, Bennett and Torme'.

Hear Lite Jazz Singer Kathryn Talbert's new CD 

"Where Can I Go Without You"

Here's what Kathryn's web site says about Bill... 

Bill is a man of many talents, with a vitae in music (among other things) that found him playing some of the most famous 5-star dining rooms thoughout the USA.

He now lives in Dallas, and performs his piano wizardry only on a part-time basis, but his influence is still very much felt nationwide.

Click on the book to order Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories