Harp Doc
Peter Q Wiley
Master Harp Technician
Harp Regulation and Maintenance Service
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Experience
"Self-proclaimed Harp Doctor Peter Wiley loves a challenge. Diagnosing, troubleshooting, and keeping harps in tip-top shape for harpists around the globe is his specialty. Now on his own after working for years as Lyon and Healy's master harp regulator, Wiley talks about his behind-the-scenes job as one of the harp world's most valuable players." [Kimberly Rowe, Harp Column July/Aug 2005]
Starting as a trunk maker in 1984 Peter Wiley has worked in all aspects of Lyon and Healy's production department. In 1986 he moved on to the Regulation department where he trained under Master Regulators Reggie Dzieman and Ed Galchick. From manufacturing many of the harp's mechanical parts to acutally doing the assembly, Peter has done it all.
As a journeyman regulator in 1988, Peter began traveling and managing the newly established Lyon and Healy Road Service Program which Ed Galchick had begun. By 1994 he had earned the rare title of Master Harp Regulator. In 1995 he became Chief Harp Technician and in 1999 was named Final Production Manager
In 2005 after twenty years of employment Peter resigned from Lyon & Healy to start Harp Doc LLC. Now working freelance Peter's company is based from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Peter's regular clients have included:
- Orchestras:
- Chicago Symphony
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Houston Grand Opera
- Los Angeles Opera
- Milwaukee Symphony
- Philadelphia Symphony
- Pittsburgh Symphony
- Santa Fe Opera
- Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- Seoul Philoharmonic Orchestra
- Toronto Symphony
- Peter has done regulation work for:
- Sydney Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, National Symphony of China, Australian Royal Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Utah Symphony, Orchestra du Montreal, Vancouver Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Vancouver Opera and Ballet, Haifa Symphony, Busan Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra of China, Jerusalem Symphony, Milwaukee Opera and Ballet, Be'er Sheva Symphony, Guangzhou Symphony, Detroit Symphony, KBS Orchestra (Korea), Melbourne Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
- Universities and Conservatories:
- Curtis School of Music
- Cleveland Institute of Music
- Eastman School of Music
- Indiana University School of Music
- The Julliard School
- McGill University, Montreal
- Rice University
- Oberlin Conservatory
- Temple University
- Toronto University, Faculty of Music
- University of Arizona School of Music
- University of Southern California
- Competitions: providing technical support,preparing competition instruments
- American Harp Society:2003, 2005
- Ann Adams Awards:2003
- Israel International Harp Competition: 1992, 1998
- Lyon & Healy Harpfest International Jazz and Pop Harp Festival: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
- USA International Harp Competition: 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
- Guest Speaker:
- American Harp Society Chapters: Pittsburgh, Houston, Seattle
- American Harp Society National Conference: 1989 Chicago, 1992 San Antonio
- Eastman School of Music
- Harpfest International Jazz and Pop Festival
- Indiana University
- The Julliard School
- Kunitachi University, Tokyo
- Lyon & Healy Teacher Conference 2003, 2004
- Matsuo Music, Tokyo
- National Conservatory of Music, Canberra Australia
- University of Arizona
- Queensland Conservatory, Brisbane
- Seoul Korea, Harpy Day Studio
- Sylvia Woods Harpcenter (harpcenter.com)
- World Harp Congress: 1995 Tacoma, 2005 Dublin
- ....dozens of harp gatherings