Danny came to Jackson Pianos in 2022. He has been moving pianos across the country ever since and has been a great addition to our company and move department. He also contributes skilled woodworking work in-shop for our refinishing department. Danny has an Master’s degree in stage lighting and audio engineering and has been a competitive deadlifter.

In his free time, he likes to dance, train monkeys, train to climb Mount Everest next year, build miniature catapults, collect rare sandwich toothpicks, and many other things that are really cool, but we couldn’t name them here, since he told someone else to write his bio for him and to make it funny.

Mary Jackson (mom of Joe Jackson) is our main cabinet repair and prep technician- she really does every step except the spraying part when it comes to piano refinishing. For decades, she was child behavior specialist and the director of a number of early learning centers, but now for the past decade, she has fallen in love with wood refinishing.

She does have two other children, but since her son is writing this they just plain won’t get mentioned due to his selfishness. So, all you need to know is she loves working 60 hours a week for free for her loving son. The work they do together is breathtaking to say the least and they enjoy working side by side many hours each week.

John joined Jackson Pianos in 2012 as a way to work off months of back rent for Jackson Pianos’s old location on Cherokee, which he had rented after we relocated to our current location in the Central West End. Joe put him to work moving pianos, and John fell in love with the physical labor and the game-like aspects of getting pianos into locations most other movers won’t try.

John still works in the move department all week during the summer and on weekends during the school year, due to his schedule as head of the art department at Collegiate Academy, a fine public school located in Saint Louis City. When not pushing 500 lb pianos or getting teenagers to embrace their artistic side, John can be found at his studio working on his sculptures, with wire as his main medium.

Matthew Toole joined the Jackson Pianos family in August of 2019 as a tuning apprentice and piano mover. His passion for problem-solving and the way things work then drew him to the piano technology and rebuilding departments. Matt wears many hats as JP’s lead rebuilder, our QRS and PianoDisc player systems installer/technician, a field tuner/technician, and even a mover when duty calls!

Jennifer joined us in 2012 through the Missouri Department of Social Services’ Vocational Rehabilitation program — and has been an integral part of our team ever since.

You’ll find Jen in a zen-like trance while she turns grubby, grimey keys bright white or making things beautiful in our workshop. Whether she’s deep in the rhythm of a field cleaning or utilizing her eye for detail in our workshop, Jen has a talent for bringing out the best in every piano she touches.

When Heather met Joe and Morgan in 2005, she was immediately inspired to come on board. Heather relishes her role as customer communication and scheduling extraordinaire. While we can’t prove it, we suspect her never ending drive to make every piano in St. Louis pitch-perfect is unrivaled worldwide.

Janet joined Jackson Pianos at our former location on Cherokee Street in 2009. Her musical nature and fondness for reclaiming all things old led her to us, and we’re glad she was! As a technician, she works tirelessly to breathe new life into used pianos. As the manager of the workshop and showroom, she beams everytime she reunites clients with their restored pianos — and unites purchasers with the piano that’s just right for them.

Kristen joined the Jackson Pianos family in 2013 after a long-time friendship with the Jackson-Cameron family. Her cool, calm nature and love of music makes her an excellent leader to serenely navigate last-minute tunings, ensure orders arrive on time, services happen when they should, and keep a sense of order in the in the wild, wild world of piano repair and restoration.

Morgan’s life as a ballet student and professional dancer instilled a fondness for the piano and has been part of the heart and soul of everything we do since 2005.

Morgan’s responsibilities include implementing the wild ideas of Joe (her husband), managing the books, organizing the office, designing procedures, generating and editing literature and communications.

Joe founded Jackson Pianos in 1997, but the dream started long before then when his curiosity led him to disassemble a piano when he was a teen (and yes, he was able to put it back together). Joe’s passion for the piano is spread to each of Jackson Pianos’ employees, customers and clients.