Martin Snow

I knew Anthony during my career as Head piano technician at the Boston University School of Music. I was responsible for the overall inventory of 200 pianos and also ran my own piano tuning and restoration business and owned Martin Snow Pianos, a shop selling primarily restored Steinway and Mason & Hamlin pianos as well as imported Yamaha and Kawai pianos. Anthony was a friend and supportive of my efforts in managing a large inventory at BU. I recollect many of our conversations and treasure my friendship with him.

In 1986, when I began working at the SFA (School of Fine Arts, as it was then called), we purchased 80 Baldwin pianos – 40 grands and 40 uprights to compliment the existing inventory of Steinway, Mason and Hamlin pianos. The nexus of the ‘deal’ were conversations between then Dean Phyllis Curtin, and head of Baldwin Concert services, Jack Roman. These began at the Tanglewood summer season of 1984. Phyllis bemoaned the state of the SFA piano inventory. Baldwin, at that time, had 3 very prestigious endorsers of their pianos: performing artists Earl Wild, Abbey Simon and Jorge Bolet (Leonard Bernstein was also known to say nice things about Baldwin) – hence Jack Roman’s presence at Tanglewood.

So in 1985, Anthony visited Baldwin headquarters to select the 9 Concert Grand pianos, 2 each for the 3 main piano major teaching studios at SFA: Anthony’s studio, Maria Clodes Jaguaribe, and a studio shared by Hung Kwan Chen and Ben Pasternack. In addition, three concert grands were selected for the concert hall at SFA. Although a Steinway artist, Anthony was very complimentary about the concert grands that he selected. Below are some pictures of Anthony’s longtime studio Room 421 at 855 Comm. Ave. with 2 Concert Grand 9’ Baldwin SD10 pianos.