PIANO-OLOGY: Donations

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Two Ways to Donate

Donors 2026 (as of Aug 29)

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor since 2021), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. John Farrell (sustaining donor since 2023), Minnesota USA
  3. Henry Latshaw (sustaining donor since 2023), Earth
  4. Michael Thomas (sustaining donor since 2024), Middletown Connecticut USA
  5. Tom Fleagle, Centreville Maryland USA
  6. Tim Brundage, Earth
  7. Michael Elam, Huntington Beach California, USA

Donors 2025

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. John Farrell (sustaining donor), Minnesota USA
  3. Michael Thomas (sustaining donor), Middletown Connecticut USA
  4. Henry Latshaw (sustaining donor), Earth
  5. Marion Stiasny, Earth
  6. Anthony Dibiase, California USA
  7. Albert M Lewis IV, Chicago Illinois USA
  8. Denton Marcotte, Earth
  9. Kenneth Gunn, Earth
  10. Rolf Wassens, Groningen Netherlands
  11. Teresa Lawson, Earth
  12. Carl Bennett, Chesire England

Donors 2024

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. Michael Thomas (sustaining donor), Middletown Connecticut USA
  3. John Farrell (sustaining donor), Minnesota USA
  4. Henry Latshaw (sustaining donor), Earth
  5. Edwin Zielinski Jr, Earth
  6. Eileen Rosado, ABQ New Mexico USA
  7. Joyce Richardson, USA
  8. James Coupe, England
  9. Michael Cichy, Texas USA
  10. Patrick Grant, NY NY USA
  11. Ezra Schwartz, Earth
  12. Josh Braun, Florida USA
  13. Mark Kerrone, Earth
  14. Jude Woods, Australia
  15. Michael Chapman, Earth
  16. David Glover, Sydney Australia
  17. Eric Martin, Earth
  18. Ellen Cash, Earth

Donors 2023

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. Henry Latshaw (sustaining donor), Earth
  3. John Farrell (sustaining donor), Minnesota USA
  4. Eileen Rosado, Albuquerque New Mexico USA
  5. Malinda Wiehle, Earth
  6. Thomas McClain, Earth
  7. McKnight Sounds, Earth
  8. John Stribling, Earth
  9. James Chambliss, Earth
  10. Robert Bradley, Earth
  11. Vadim Shlyonskiy, Belgium
  12. M. Smith, South Korea
  13. Jerry Pearl, Earth
  14. Floyd Winters, Earth
  15. Nancy Matlin, Antelope California USA

Donors 2022

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. Patrick DiRienzo, Buffalo New York USA
  3. Josh Gardner, Rockland Maine USA
  4. Janice Mathison, Earth
  5. Janet R., Ontario Canada
  6. Mirco Mengler, Earth
  7. Rosanne Lamb, Earth
  8. Tom Wendelken, Earth
  9. Chen He, Earth
  10. Fiona Colquhoun, Earth
  11. Grace Sheldon-Williams, Earth
  12. BJ Castleman, Earth
  13. Brenna Silberstein Silbory, Earth
  14. Morroni Technologies, Earth
  15. Jeffrey Pitcher, Earth
  16. Donald Dickerson, Earth
  17. Miss Kate’s Piano Studio, Rochester New York USA

Donors 2021

  1. Von Colborn (sustaining donor), Salt Lake City Utah USA
  2. Kath Parkinson, England
  3. Rodney Douglas, Earth
  4. Kai Ruemmler, Markt Schwaben Deutschland
  5. Leonard McWilliams, Earth
  6. Peter Cody, New York USA
  7. Lynn Van Mierlo, Earth
  8. Daniel Short, Knoxville Tennessee USA
  9. Daniel Chestang, Earth
  10. Zayed Alfalasi, Dubai United Arab Emirates

Donors 2020

  1. Georgios Giannoudovardis, Earth
  2. Quyet Thang (Victor) Luong, Earth
  3. Deborah Maclean, United Kingdom
  4. Mark Mahan, USA
  5. Alan Camerino Cortes Cruz, Mexico
  6. Laura Cramer, Earth
  7. Axel Janssen, San Francisco California USA
  8. Antony Lao, Paris France
  9. Lara Souter, Canada
  10. Laura Guerin, Northwest England
  11. Joseph D’Antonio, Schwenksville Pennsylvania USA
  12. Charles Underhill, Earth
  13. Neil Robertson, New Zealand

Donors 2019

  1. Michelangelo de Pinto, Pesaro Italy
  2. Geoffrey Flint, Pretoria South Africa
  3. Siyu Guo, Sydney Australia
  4. Kieran Wills, Harlow Essex United Kingdom
  5. Alistair Mills, Lambourn Berkshire United Kingdom
  6. Susanne K., Bremen Deutschland

Donors 2018

  1. Tom Ito, Irvine California USA
  2. Michelangelo de Pinto, Pesaro Italy
  3. Daniel Prado Velasco, Sevilla Spain
  4. Marc Neuffer, Boaz Alabama USA
  5. Gary J. Wolff, Tokyo Japan
  6. Sharon Bales, Tampa Florida USA
  7. Samuel Danan, Petah Tikva Israel
  8. Susan Noland, Earth
  9. Kevin M. Allen, United Kingdom
  10. Norm Roberts, Seattle Washington USA
  11. Antoine Marquette, Tournai Belgium
  12. David Duran, Sanger Texas USA

Donors 2017

  1. Glen Legere, Earth
  2. Mason Vargo, Ortonville Michigan USA
  3. Kevin O’Brien, Abingdon, United Kingdom
  4. Massimo Ciacci, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands
  5. Deb Swanson, Queensland Australia
  6. Joseph Willette, Earth
  7. Brent Grinwald, Earth
  8. Janelle McIlhargey, Earth
  9. Brian Gilshinan, Dublin Ireland
  10. Chyi Teo Tan, Edgefield Plains Singapore
  11. Elgin Madeo, Sanger California USA
  12. Cynthia Johnson, Earth

Donors 2016

  1. Cynthia Johnson, Earth
  2. Anthony Egboh, Enfield Greater London United Kingdom
  3. Yvonne Leduc, Nanaimo British Columbia Canada
  4. Frank Mulder, Netherlands
  5. Brent Grinwald, Earth
  6. Georg Grubhofer, Wien Austria
  7. Avril Morrison, Huntly Aberdeenshire United Kingdom
  8. Paula Graham, Stoke Gabriel South Devon United Kingdom
  9. Anonymous, Hong Kong
  10. Hans Stalder, Schneisingen Switzerland
  11. Emilio Garcia Moran, Valladolid Spain
  12. Dylan Howe, Leigh On Sea Essex United Kingdom
  13. Dale Regazzi, Las Vegas Nevada USA
  14. Joseph D’Antonio, Schwenksville Pennsylvania USA
  15. Daniel Short, Knoxville Tennessee USA
  16. Markus Meyer, Lübeck Germany
  17. Jermaine Reed, Denton Texas USA
  18. Ton Oostveen, Amstelveen Netherlands
  19. Urs Maurer, Baar Switzerland
  20. Russ Goddard, Campbell California USA
  21. Романов Илья (Ilya Romanov), Samara Russia
  22. Mark W Dyer, Romney West Virginia USA
  23. Kevin McCallum, Nanaimo British Columbia Canada
  24. Cüneyt Meran, İzmir Turkey
  25. D. J. Simpson, Invercargill Southland New Zealand

Donors 2015

  1. Martin Pham-Dinh, Gatineau Quebec Canada
  2. Raphael Diop, Earth
  3. Michael Prentice, Boise Idaho USA
  4. Chuck Leamon, Kingsport Tennessee USA
  5. Drozdovskiy Nickolay, Moscow Russia
  6. Mark Romero, Gardena California USA
  7. Orlee Sendowski, New York, New York USA
  8. Anonymous, Sweden
  9. Thomas Fazio, New York New York USA
  10. Jim Dodd, Brunswick Heads New South Wales Australia
  11. Anthony Cavallo, Jackson New Jersey USA
  12. Geraldo Lomeli, Riverside California USA
  13. Oliver Böhrs, Hamburg Germany
  14. Sylvia Morris, Falcon North Carolina USA
  15. Declan Trott, Campbell Australian Capital Territory Australia
  16. Leo Gaouette, Warwick Rhode Island USA
  17. Mark W Dyer, Romney West Virginia USA
  18. Daniel Mounty, Sunnyvale California USA
  19. Peter Mounsey, Preston Lancashire United Kingdom
  20. Chris Keffer, Cleveland Heights Ohio USA

Donors 2014

  1. April Mink, Mill Spring North Carolina USA
  2. Pascal Droux, Saint Nom La Bretèche France
  3. Michael Prentice, Boise Idaho USA
  4. TD Hughes, Gayton Merseyside United Kingdom
  5. Claudia Robinson, Memphis Tennessee USA
  6. Arnaud Tracol, Moulins France
  7. Jeremy Fink, Portland Maine USA
  8. Nick Santos, Pennsauken New Jersey USA
  9. Jorge Porras, Sibaté Cundinamarca Colombia
  10. Nicholas J. Stevens, Tallahassee Florida USA
  11. Damien Merenne, Thimister-Clermont Belgium
  12. Katy Torokfalvy, Pascoe Vale South Victoria Australia
  13. Jolinda Goul, Gulfport Mississippi USA
  14. Kenneth Sargent, Pensacola Florida USA
  15. David Shalit, Zikhron-Ya’akov Israel
  16. Oscar Bendeck, Palm Beach Gardens Florida USA
  17. Robert Watson, Dallas Texas USA
  18. Aaron Liu, Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania USA
  19. Seoul Bowie, Vancouver British Columbia Canada
  20. Deborah Ann “George” Campling, Henderson Nevada USA
  21. Ed Gasiorowski, Bensalem Pennsylvania USA
  22. Douw Steyn, Greensborough Victoria Australia

Donors 2013

  1. Alfredo Brambilla, Italy
  2. Bruce Snyder, Compton Illinois USA
  3. Vitali Pelenjow, Kernen Germany
  4. Frank McGinty, Erskine Renfrewshire United Kingdom
  5. Don Walker, Battle Lake Minnesota USA
  6. Ray Conrad, Teasdale Utah USA
  7. Julie Diana, Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania USA
  8. Jürg Meyer, Mittelhäusern Switzerland
  9. Nick Proctor, Appleton Wisconsin USA
  10. David Willard, Independence Missouri USA
  11. Ursula Studer, Nîmes France
  12. Kevin Knoedler, Prince George British Columbia Canada
  13. Daniel Alai, Woollahra New South Wales Australia
  14. Brian Coyne, Silver Spring Maryland USA
  15. Wayne Tibbit, Richardson Texas USA
  16. Marcellin Touikan, Saint-Lambert Quebec Canada
  17. George Lancaster, Fontana California USA
  18. Eduardo Camacho, Glendale California USA
  19. Jana Kolsbun, Jacksonville Oregon USA
  20. Michael Maze, Bedford Indiana USA
  21. Mark Copher, Maplewood Minnesota USA
  22. David Lenz, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
  23. Jeff McWilliam, Runcorn Cheshire United Kingdom
  24. Russell Downs, Kensington Maryland USA
  25. Gilles Major, Bruxelles Belgium / Rod Digges, London United Kingdom

Donors 2012

  1. Alfredo Brambilla, Italy
  2. Charles Fisher, Castro Valley California USA
  3. Leonardo Kalil, Belo Horizonte Brazil
  4. Julie Diana, Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania USA
  5. Paula Lowry, Destrehan Louisiana USA
  6. Timothy Camper, Chicago Illinois USA
  7. Ward Stroud, Portland Oregon USA
  8. Theresa Smithart, Olathe Kansas USA
  9. Arthur van Gurp, Netherlands
  10. James Bryant, Spring Valley New York USA
  11. Kostas Karras, Athens Greece
  12. Tomer Boyarski, Petah Tikva Israel
  13. Laurence Holley, Tucson Arizona USA
  14. Michael Chapman, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA

Extra-Special Contributors

Especially heartfelt gratitude to the following, who each contributed in a unique and particularly meaningful way, often during particularly difficult times. Piano-ology would have never matured to its present state without their generosity, trust, expertise, creativity, patience, forgiveness, and moral support…

  1. Phan Thanh Dat, Vietnam
  2. “Piano Lady” Boi Ngoc, Vietnam
  3. John Farrell, Minnesota USA
  4. Carrie Schmidt, New Mexico USA
  5. Alfredo Brambilla, Italy
  6. Christopher Frazier, Washington USA
  7. David Shapiro, Massachusetts USA
  8. Corey Smith, Tennessee USA
  9. Christopher Ray, USA
  10. Felix Würschinger, Austria
  11. Joseph Silmaro, USA
  12. Eileen Rosado, ABQ New Mexico USA
  13. Julie Diana, Pennsylvania USA
  14. Von Colborn, Salt Lake City Utah USA

2 thoughts on “PIANO-OLOGY: Donations”

  1. pleasantimpossibly1b38850bc2

    Thanks for this site and your work. Here’s to learning new music in 2026!

    Tom Fleagle

    Reply
    1. Frank J. Peter

      Thanks for the words of appreciation, Tom. BTW, I see your Venmo donation and request for “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. I just sent by email, with a bonus.

      Please let me know what other kinds of content would be of interest.

      Here’s to learning new music in 2026! Cheers!

      Reply

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