WAG – January, 2012

Music is eternal. Pianos, not so much. That’s where John P. Ford comes in. He is owner and president of Ford Piano Inc. in Peekskill, a fourth-generation business that specializes in rebuilding the popular instruments.

Patch – October, 2011

The third annual Italian Jazz Days will feature the Antonio Ciacca Quintet and a workshop led by world-class musician Ciacca this Saturday at the Ford Piano factory.

Patch – September, 2011

The third annual Italian Jazz Days will feature the Antonio Ciacca Quintet and a workshop led by world-class musician Ciacca this Saturday at the Ford Piano factory.

The Journal News – February, 2011

Peekskill’s downtown art scene has been growing in recent years with the addition of artist’s lofts, museums and galleries. John Ford of Ford Piano plans to help improve Peekskill even more, with the building of a musical performance venue.

The Journal News – June, 2010

Step into the confines of Ford Piano in Peekskill, and the trip from the sidewalk to repair shop is like stepping into a past century.

The Journal News – September 2008

John Ford, the owner of Ford Piano at 15 S. Division St., is passing on the skills his father and grandfather taught him to his sons John (far left) and Mike (middle) at the family business in the heart of Peekskill, a site that Ford moved his company to from his riverfront shop on Water street in 1999 [...]

The Journal News – September 2003

The company’s ebullient owner, John Ford, is the third generation to run this piano repair and sales shop, which his Hungarian immigrant grandfather founded during the height of the late 19th-century piano boom [...]

The Journal News – November 2002

John Ford, a businessman with a local piano refurbishing business who is finalizing a deal to purchase the property at 15-27 South Division Street, plans to convert the building into performance space for recitals concerts and dances [...]

Westchester Magazine – November 2002

Discussing Piano Rebuilding with Peekskill’s John P. Ford Jr. is like talking to Bill Gates about computers. Ford seems to know everything about the instrument. After all, pianos are his passion. He loves them – how they look, how they sound and, most of all, he loves to fix them. ”The process of rebuilding pianos is meditative,” says Ford. ”Plus it’s art. When you’re done you have a thing of great beauty and great sound.”

The Star – August 2002

Ford owns Ford Piano, a piano rebuilding business on Division Street, and lists John Lennon, Stephen Sondheim, and Madison Square Garden among his clients. He reached a tentative agreement last week to buy the historic Hermax building next door for $325,000. The deal would clear the way for a music hall at the corner of Division and Brown streets [...]