About Matze Music… 30 Years of Piano Service Experience
Matthias Wandler, born and raised in Germany, is the founder and owner of Matze Music, a piano tuning, voicing and repair service located in the Washington, DC metro area. Matthias was trained and inspired by some of the best piano builders in Germany. He started as an apprentice in 1989 at Seiler Piano Factory in Kitzingen, Germany and completed the Berufsakademie (BA) as a piano technician in 1992 at the European College for Piano Technicians in Ludwigsburg, Germany. After graduation, Matthias continued his lifelong passion for music, working as a professional piano tuner and technician, in piano sales and other musical pursuits. In 2001, he founded Matze Music.
Residential
Matze Music provides tuning and repair services to clients in their homes.
Commercial
Extensive experience tuning and maintaining pianos for concert events, churches, restaurants, country clubs, retail facilities, ballrooms, offices, etc...
SCHOOLS
Trusted by schools and private piano teachers across Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC
Matze Music follows German procedures for piano tuning, regulation and voicing to create the finest sound available.
Technical Experience
Self employed since 2001 with freelance work for:
Steingraeber & Soehne Piano Factory
Bayreuth Germany
Steinway & Sons Store Sherman & Clay
Seattle WA
Schimmel Pianos Store Rosenberger
Kitzingen Germany
Rick Jones Pianos PianoWarehouse
Beltsville MD
PianoCraft Piano Sales & Restoration
Gaithersburg MD
Rice Music House: Home of Steinway PianoS
Columbia, SC
Please visit our testimonials and piano tuning demonstration.
Matthias has established a long and successful record across the piano industry for 30 years. In addition to piano voicing and tuning, which he can do naturally by ear, Matthias also has his own professional repair studio which can handle structural carpentry work and complex reconditioning of pianos.
Matthias is certified installer for the ‘Dampp Chaser’ System. Humidity control for your instrument.
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Matthias is also deeply involved in playing music. He is the leader of the DMV-area Bavarian music bands “Die Zwei” (The Duo), and the “Lost Lederhosen” band (5-6 musicians), doing vocals, playing drums and brass as needed. He also plays with the German Band "Alte Kameraden" from Fairfax, VA and on occasion, goes back to play with "Winzerkapelle Roedelsee/Frankenpower Live," where he started in 1981 in his hometown of Roedelsee, Germany.