Christian E. Höferl / CEOChristian’s love of music drew him into the piano business. As a practising musician for most of his life, he worked in the music business since 1980 and started in 1986 as the owner of a full line music store in Vienna with import and export relations with wholesalers and retail operations world wide. Moving to the US in 1989 he became the General Manager of a large piano chain, helping to develop this business further into a most successful chain of stores, and in doing so, gained invaluable experience in all aspects of the retail trade developing relationships, with both manufacturers and suppliers. more Colin P. Taylor / Technical DirectorColin Taylor is a fully qualified piano technician. He was the concert technician for Bösendorfer in the United Kingdom, and a part-time lecturer in piano tuning and restoration at The London Guildhall University, prior to his appointment as General Manager of Bösendorfer London Piano Centre in 1989. This was Bösendorfer’s own successfully managed retail store in London. moreGerhard Sindelar / Marketing DirectorGerhard gained a "Master of fine Arts" degree at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, and subsequently worked for several Austrian advertising agencies. In 1980 he started running his full service advertising agency "Agentur Sindelar" in Klosterneuburg, Austria, focused on developing and implementing CI and CD, working for Austrian and German companies engaged in international markets. more Helmut Küker / Master Piano TechnicianHelmut Küker began training as an apprentice at Bösendorfer in 1958 and continued until he became a Master Piano Builder, responsible for the final stages of piano production. He was the foreman of two of the most important departments in the factory for many years: the voicing and the regulation grand and upright pianos at Bösendorfer. moreFranzl Jungbauer / Master Piano BuilderFranzl Jungbauer worked for more than 42 years for Bösendorfer. From 1980 to 2004, he was responsible for the entire production and quality control for the grand pianos at Bösendorfer’s factory. moreIrene Bierleutgeb / Assistent of CEOIrene Bierleutgeb was assistent of the sales management for Germany and Netherlands at Bösendorfer. Since May 2006 she is Assistant of the Management Director / CEO of the Joseph Brodmann Piano Group. Gary A. Trafton / District Sales Manager, USA CentralPrior to starting his career in the piano business, Gary had spent over ten years as a musician and songwriter for various musical groups in Cincinnati Ohio and Seattle Washington. He also was the owner of a project recording studio and worked on several albums as a recording engineer. moreScott D. Shebeck / District Sales Manager, USA EastcoastAaron Trafton / District Sales Manager, USA |