{"id":68,"date":"2018-06-13T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:14:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Colorado is no stranger to extreme weather conditions. Snow in May and 70\u00b0 heat in February is never surprising. A hot, dry day, followed by a cool dry night, followed by a rainy, cold day is not uncommon. These conditions call for special attention for pianos in the Colorado West to maintain their optimum performance.<\/p>\n<p>Altitude Piano Co provides piano services the greater Pikes Peak region, including: <strong>Palmer Lake, Monument, Northern Colorado Springs, Black Forest, Larkspur, Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Lone Tree, Parker, and South Denver Metro.<\/strong> Please contact us for service outside these areas. Limited availability services are also provided in <strong>Buena Vista, Salida, Leadville<\/strong>, and other mountain towns. Please contact us for service outside these areas<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptg.org\/scripts\/4disapi.dll\/4DCGI\/cms\/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&amp;DocID=121&amp;MenuKey=Menu27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2012-RPT-Logo-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2012-RPT-Logo-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2012-RPT-Logo.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptg.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-74 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPT-Emblemprintfinal-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPT-Emblemprintfinal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPT-Emblemprintfinal-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPT-Emblemprintfinal-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/altitudepiano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPT-Emblemprintfinal.png 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Dan Mariotti is a Registered Piano Technician in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piano Technicians Guild<\/a>. After studying music as a classical and jazz saxophonist, then graduating from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.colostate.edu\/\">Colorado State University<\/a> (go Rams!), he went on to study piano technology with many sage piano technicians in Colorado and across the United States. Dan has attended the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ptg.org\/technician\/find\">Piano Technicians Guild<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/convention.ptg.org\/\">Convention and Technical Institute<\/a> several times, has attended training at the <a href=\"https:\/\/historicalkeyboards.as.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/historicalkeyboards.as.cornell.edu\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1710971211554000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3tkEOHaoh57gYEZphSuAQl\">Cornell-<span class=\"il\">Westfield<\/span> Center for Historical Keyboards<\/a> Forte\/Piano Tech Academy, and has participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steinway.com\/about\/steinway-piano-technical-training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steinway Factory training<\/a> in New York City focusing on regulation and Spirio maintenance. Dan is a certified <a href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PianoDisc<\/a> installer\/dealer and is the Piano Technician for the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.du.edu\/about\/people\/dan-mariotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver<\/a>. Dan enjoys playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdga.com\/player\/262797\">disc golf<\/a>\u00a0and plays saxophone (and other instruments) occasionally at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foccs.org\">Family of Christ Lutheran Church<\/a> and was a founding member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academyjazz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academy Jazz Ensemble.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado is no stranger to extreme weather conditions. Snow in May and 70\u00b0 heat in February is never surprising. 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