As a third generation piano technician, Kyle grew up often observing his father and occasionally grandfather carefully tuning, repairing and restoring countless pianos. At this time he was more interested in playing piano and performing and would go on to complete a Bachelor of Music degree at OCU ('99-03). While there he had the unique opportunity to work at his grandfather's widely known piano store, Albert Evans Pianos, in the summertime, learning and practicing tuning pianos by ear (starting with spinets). He then moved back to Houston for a Master's of Music ('03-'06) in solo and collaborative piano performance at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music.  There he took advantage of piano technology course offerings, and was later invited to join as a staff piano technician where he worked alongside two master technicians for twelve years. In this role, Kyle was responsible for tuning, regulating, repairing, and voicing ~ 80 pianos for the music school. Kyle tuned for hundreds of performances including student, faculty, and Emmy award winning guest artist recitals as well as multi-day recording sessions with Emmy winning record producers. In 2021, he also began servicing and tuning beautifully restored 19th century fortepianos for Music in Context, as well as harpsichords for early music and opera performances.

 

​Kyle’s late grandfather, Albert Evans, a master technician and rebuilder, was a founding member of The Piano Technicians Guild in the late 1950s. He operated Albert Evans Pianos in Oklahoma City for about four decades and Kyle’s father, Phillip Evans is still a highly sought after piano technician in Houston and throughout Oklahoma.

 

Recently, Kyle moved to Lubbock where he’s now tuning independently, as well as teaching private piano lessons. Kyle’s goal is to provide the genuine care and quality of service stemming from three generations of respect for the instrument to any piano he services. 

Servicing Lubbock, Abernathy, Walfforth, Buffalo Springs, Slaton, Shallowater, Levelland and beyond, including Houston, four times per year