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The Biography of Jeff Murphy

Jeff was born in San Francisco and graduated from Clayton Valley High School in Concord, CA. He attended Diablo Valley College for two years in Pleasant Hill, CA, majoring in Music Theory, and Harmony and Piano.


He started working on his own pianos around 1971, then trained with local, established piano tuners and technician experts. 


Jeff began his career in 1972 as a piano tuner / technician for a piano store called Stevens Music on Clayton Rd. in Concord, CA. He moved to Los Angeles, CA. in 1972 and began advertising in the local Yellow Pages and in a short time tuned two pianos for his first celebrity, Sammy Davis Jr.


Then he began tuning pianos at concerts for popular bands like:

  • Hootie & the Blowfish
  • Blood, Sweat and Tears
  • Steely Dan
  • Steve Miller Band
  • The Allman Brothers     


In 1995 Jeff started working as the Head Piano Tuner / Technician for a piano store called Piano Mart on Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Celebrities I've Worked With

  • Chevy ChaseJames Caan
  • Barry Manilow
  • Nicholas Cage
  • David Carradine
  • Andrea Bocelli
  • Carroll O’Connor (Archie Bunker in All in the Family)
  • Ashton Kutcher
  • Tony Bennett
  • Deby Reynolds
  • Michael Buble
  • Jennifer Garner
  • Patricia Arquette
  • Jerry O'Connell (Jerry Maguire, Kangaroo Jack, Crossing Jordan)
  • Eddie Arnold  (Green Acres)
  • Robert Estes (Friends, Melrose Place)
  • Marlon Wayons
  • Patti LaBelle
  • Sharon Stone
  • Bonnie Raitt (Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About)
  • Dean Torrence of (Jan and Dean)
  • Michelle Phillips (Mamas and Papas)
  • Byron Scott (Los Angelas Lakers)
  • Pricilla Presley (TV Series dallas and Elvis' Wife)
  • Sally Field (The Flying Nun)

Famous Places I've Worked At

  • House of Blues (Disneywalk, Anaheim)
  • House of Blues (Hollywood)
  • Hilton (Universal Citywalk)
  • Hilton (Long Beach)
  • Sheraton (Long Beach)
  • Whiskey A Go-Go (Hollywood)
  • Radisson (Culver City)
  • The Casino (Catalina Island)
  • The Wilshire Theater (Los Angeles)
  • Marriott (Norwalk)
  • NBC Studios (episode of "Medium"'09)
  • Malibu Performing Arts Center (Bob Dylan Concert Jan. '09)

Tunings for Significant Achievers

  • Kenneth Klein (Conductor of New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphany, Nuremburg, Symphony, Philharmonic Chorus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, London, Philharmonia, Moscow Philharmonic, New York Carnegie Hall)
  • Stanley Clark (Composer, Inventor of "Slap Bass")
  • Jodie Benson (Voice of "The little Mermaid")
  • Joss Whedon (Producer of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
  • Jac Holzman (Founder of Electra Records)
  • The Maloof Family (Owner of Casinos in Vegas, and Sacramento Kings Basketball team)
  • Fiona Apple (Singer of hit song "Criminal")
  • Vern Schafer and Sons (Owner of Colton Piano Co. and Schafer and Sons Pianos)
  • Peter Jacobson (Actor "House M.D." T.V. Series)
  • Klaus Badelt (Film Score Composer; "Pirates of the Caribbean","The Gladiator", "Mission Impossible 2", "Pearl Harbor", "The TIme Machine", "Catwoman", "Poseidon")
  • Mark Snow (Film Score Composer; "X-Files", "Ghost Whisperer", "Smallville", "One Tree Hill", "Starsky & Hutch", "Hart to Hart", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea")