Staff
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Wayne Anderson - Owner
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Wayne started at Tupper & Reed
in April of 1969 quickly becoming one of the
owners in August of the same year. He received his BMUS
from the University of Utah in 1967 and his MDIV
from the American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1971.
Between 1977 and 1988 Wayne operated Dimond
Music in Oakland followed by the Walnut Creek location of Tupper
& Reed from 1996 to 2000. Wayne
purchased Stanroy Music Center from Stan Goldman
on July 1st, 1980.
Wayne is an accomplished jazz and concert
organist and pianist in the East Bay (San Francisco). He
and his wife Margaret of 40 years have 3 children and 4
grandchildren. Wayne also enjoys golfing and woodworking
in his leisure time.
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Tim Ellis - Owner
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Tim Ellis has been a Navy musician, a public school band director, and for many years the manager of Stanroy's service department.
He has now joined Wayne in ownership of the business. In his spare time, he free lances as a percussionist and plays regularly with several orchestras and the Moonlighters swing era big band.
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Steve came to Stanroy Music Center in 1983 as a salesperson and repair technician. A native Santa Rosan, he graduated from MHS, subsequently attending SRJC, SSU, and the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences in Afton, Virginia. Steve has been a performing lyrical and instrumental composer since the 50s, and when he's not howling in his digital studio, his non-Stanroy time is well spent as a neo-romance essayist, intercontinental gopher, allware poet, and grandfather.
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Gary has been a repairman at Stanroy since 1988. A
graduate of the Allied Music school of instrumental
repair, he specializes in brass and woodwinds, repairing over 950
instruments a year! When not fixing things, Gary plays
tuba in numerous regional ensembles including the 5th Avenue
Brass of which he is a founding member. He also enjoys
the non-musical activities of sailing and cycling.
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Tony went through the school music program in Calistoga, then on to music programs at Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University. After playing tenor saxophone on several cruise ships, he spent two and a half years on the road with the Tommy Dorsey big band. At that point, he apprenticed here at Stanroy Music Center's service department and has become a Journeyman instrument repair technician.
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Bruce retired from being an engineer with Cal-Pine and expressed an interest in learning brass repair from our service department. He apprenticed with us and is now a valued member of our repair staff. Bruce plays french horn in the
American
Philharmonic, the
Ukiah Symphony and several smaller brass ensembles.
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Zack
joined the Stanroy Music Center staff in 1998 and now manages
the store and the 20 person teaching staff. After hours, Zack plays bass and didgeridoo for two
local groups: Elder's (World Music)
and The Moonlighters
(Swing-Era Big Band).
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Michael Bean
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