Walter Cornwell has been playing and working on pianos for 20 years. A versatile musician capable of both classical and jazz, Walter has obtained three different piano degrees, beginning with an undergraduate in piano performance at Georgia College and State University. After this, he developed an interest in piano technology and moved on to achieve an artist diploma in jazz studies and a Master's in Piano Performance from the Schwob School of Music in Columbus GA. Throughout his time in musical academia he was under the tutelage of Sally Phillips, who offered him the opportunity and space to develop piano technology skills. To this day he has prepared concert Steinways for over 1500 performances all over Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina and is now the principal technician at the Schwob School of Music, Auburn University, and Valdosta State University.

Over the past 40 years, piano technician Sally Phillips has worked in virtually every aspect of the piano industry: service, retail, wholesale, and manufacturing. In her role as a concert piano technician, she has tuned and prepared pianos for concert and recording work in such venues as Town Hall in New York City, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, and for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic. She is a 1976 graduate of the North Bennet Street School’s piano technology program, and is a frequently requested guest lecturer at the school.

Phillips lives in Columbus, Georgia and is the concert technician for the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. She consults frequently for colleges, universities, and music professionals regarding concert piano selection, voicing, and regulation throughout the United States.

Sally’s advice and commentary has been featured in prestigious industry publications, including the Piano Buyer, The American Organist, and the Piano Technicians Journal of the Piano Technicians Guild.

As the owner emeritus/consultant of Southwest Piano Perfect LLC, Sally Phillips brings her decades of experience to the Southeast as an authorized dealer of expertly prepared new Steinway, Boston, and Essex pianos, select used pianos, and world-class tuning, repair, and rebuilding services.

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