Chafin Musicenter, Inc.

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When Paul Chafin opened Chafin Musicenter in 1956 his vision was to bring the "gift of music" to all. Paul attended the University of Miami on a musical scholarship, joined the USAF, was asked to play with the Airmen Of Note. When he finished his military career, he moved to Lake Worth to raise a family and to open Chafin Musicenter. Paul was an accomplished jazz musician, he loved people, music, and performing. A Memorial scholarship was founded in honor of Paul Chafin at Palm Beach State College (PBSC) to award deserving young musicians with a quality musical education. As the family continues the operation of the store, we continue to strive to keep Paul's vision with us.

Chafin Musicenter continues to be family owned and operated in Lake Worth, Florida since 1956. We are a full service music store specializing in piano sales and rentals, concert grand piano rentals, band instruments rentals and sales, string instrument sales and rentals, We also service pianos and band and orchestra instruments. Our collection of sheet music is the Largest in South Florida.

Our educated sales staff is courteous and capable of assisting you with all your musical needs. We look forward to meeting you.

	JEFF CHAFIN OWNER, PIANO & GUITAR SALES, PIANO TECHNICIAN Jeff has been a piano technician for over 30 years and a member of the Piano Technician's Guild as well as attending the Steinway Technician's School in New York. He has tuned for Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Harry Connick Jr. any many others. He is also a professional guitar player in the Palm Beach County area performing with "Flashback" and Jason Colaninno. Jeff attended Stetson University for business and Florida Atlantic University for guitar performance. See Jeff today for all your piano and guitar needs. chafintune@aol.com OR jeffchafin@chafinmusic.com
SUE CHAFIN STORE MANAGER, CUSTOMER SERVICE, BOOKKEEPING Sue came to work at Chafin's in 2000 after working as office manager for local orthodontist, Dr. David Feuer, for 25 years. Jeff and Sue have been married for 36 years and both grew up in Lake Worth. They have 2 sons, Jesse and Chris. Sue enjoys her family, gardening, her Australian Shepherds and visits to North Carolina! suechafin@chafinmusic.com
	BILL WALLIN BAND and ORCHESTRA SALES & REPAIRS Bill grew up in Minnesota playing hockey and studying music. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston with his major being jazz piano. Bill has become a highly regarded and in demand pianist playing for many know establishments in the Palm Beach area (The Breakers, The Ritz, Cafe L'Europe, Charlie's Crab). He has been working at Chafin's since 1993 and enjoys repairing all instrument and currently specializes in all brass and woodwind repairs. All repairs are done in house. Bill apprenticed under founding owner, Paul Chafin. Member NAPBIRT (National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians, Inc.) billwallin@chafinmusic.com
CHARLIE CARPENTER SCHOOL REP Charlie has been with Chafin Musicenter for 9 years. He travels to most local schools on a weekly basis and specializes in sales and rental of all band and orchestra instruments. Charlie is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University. If you need any supplies, Charlie can deliver them directly to your school band room. charliecarpenter@chafinmusic.com
	Erin- Administrative Assistant, Sales, Customer Service Web Assist
MIGUEL GONZALEZ Guitar Instructor & String Instrument Repairs SE HABLA ESPAÑOL! Miguel Gonzalez has been performing for thirty two years. His musical career started in Caracas, Venezuela when at an early age he attended the "National Conservatory of Music" (cello and music theory) and Cepro Music School (Classical guitar and music theory).In 1997, Miguel came to New York City where he performed, recorded and taught before coming to South Florida. In the year 2005, Miguel performed at the National Guitar Workshop New Milford, Connecticut Jazz Summit, with the guitarist John Scofield who perform with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker and others. At the present time Miguel teaches and performs in South Florida. You can also access his videos on the YouTube channel " miguelgmusic". He is an amazing jazz guitarist and performer as well as teaching and doing expert repairs. miguelgonzalez.co
	Danny Marquez Sales, Website Assistant, Hablamos Español Danny is the drummer at International Tabernacle Church. He is a 2009 graduate of Lake Worth Community High School and currenty attends Palm Beach State College . Danny has played with famous latin artists such as Rene Gonzalez, Damaris Grillo, and Danny Santiago. He also enjoys photography and playing soccer with friends and family.
Clara Aliapoulios Sheet Music Clara graduated from The King's Academy in 2008 and is currently studying elementary education at Palm Beach State College. She has played French horn since 3rd grade and is also a pianist and vocalist. sheetmusic@chafinmusic.com
	PAT SHEET MUSIC MANAGER Pat has worked at Chafin Musicenter for over 8 years. She is an accomplished vocalist, plays guitar and many other instruments. She can help you find the music you need either in our stock or by special order. sheetmusic@chafinmusic.com
Jim Marino Piano Sales & Rentals A singer - songwriter originally from New Jersey, Jim has lived in South Florida for twenty years. He has been a full time musician playing guitar and piano until joining us here at Chafin's. Jim has performed throughout South Florida in a variety of venues including Royal Carribean Cruise Lines playing in the show band. Jim has also performed his own original music in opening acts for Bruce Springsteen, Leon Russell, Jimmy Buffet and Steve Goodman. He currently performs with Jeff Chafin in the band "Flashback" at local clubs and festivals. Stop in and see Jim for all your piano needs. jimmarino@chafinmusic.com
	Adrian Montijo Guitar Sales & Repairs Adrian's early teenage stage performance abilities landed him shared concert billings with touring entertaining greats such as Bob Seger, Mitch Ryder, The New York Dolls, Janis Joplin, The Vanilla Fudge and the Young Rascals. He continues to entertain today with his dynamic voice, bilingual lyrics and Flamenco Jazz style of guitar playing, while simultaneously kicking the bass lines on bass pedals and is featured on many local CD's throughout the Caribbean and Florida. A talented writer of original music, Adrian has two of his own CDs that are available, and is working on his latest soon to be released this year. Adrian brings his knowledge of the guitar and all string instruments to Chafin's. He can help you pick out your special guitar or repair the one you have! Habla Espanol!!
CHLOE CHAFIN MUSIC MASCOT! Our favorite Australian Shepherd from Tanja at MarALago Kennels.
	BEN SKINNER - School Rep/ Brass Expert As a former band director and top area trumpet player, Ben brings a wealth of knowledge to Chafin's. He visits area school band directors weekly, helping them with products and working with their brass sections along with helping in store customers picking out their instruments. He can also deliver anything your student may need directly to their school band room! We are excited to Ben on staff and part of the Chafin Musicenter Family. He is also available for private trumpet lessons. benskinner@chafinmusic.com
Nick Skinner - Apprentice We welcome Nick as our instrument repair apprentice and head gopher!
	Kelsey Lin was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her love of music began at a very early age when she begged her mother to take her to cello lessons. Eventually she traded in her cello for a much smaller instrument, the violin. Over the years Kelsey participated in many music festivals such as the Florida State University Summer Music Camps, Brevard Summer Music Festival, Indiana University Summer String Academy, and Domaine Forget Summer Music Festival. During those festivals Kelsey studied violin with Austin Hartman violinist in the former Biava Quartet, Helmut Lipsky who is the violin professor at the University of Montreal, and Marie Berard, violin professor at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. During these festivals Kelsey also participated in ensemble practice. At Brevard she was placed as the principal violinist of the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, and was also placed in the elite Il Solisti group. She participated in many string ensembles receiving instructions from the Biava String Quartet and the Nash String Quartet. Kelsey has also been asked to play in many master classes with great violinists like Oleh Krysa, Regis Pasquier, Elmar Oliveira, and Mimi Zweig. In high school, Kelsey was selected to play in the Florida All-State Orchestra for three consecutive years. She also soloed with her high school orchestra and was concertmaster on occasion. In 2005 Kelsey began formal private lessons with Caroll Simmons, violinist of the former Florida Philharmonic. Shortly thereafter in 2006 she began lessons with Rebecca Lautar, violin professor of Florida Atlantic University. Finally in 2008 Kelsey was accepted to the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University where she studied with Carol Cole until she graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Music Performance. Currently Kelsey is the Orchestra Teacher at Santaluces High School. She also is a chamber coach with the Youth Orchestra of the Palm Beaches. Kelsey plans on helping Palm Beach County turn into a musical hub for future orchestral players.