Dan ParkerDaniel “Dr. Dan” Parker is a master craftsman with 35 years experience in the BSIR trade. His clients include top professionals musicians from around the world. He is the creator of the Cashel Crystal Bell Trumpet played by L.A.’s first call players He is the owner of the Original Swab Company which manufactures over 60 products for the care and maintenance of musical instruments. Daniel's articles published in Music Trades magazine, and Technologies for Worship Magazine, have offered valuable information and insights to the reader on techniques for success in the music business. Your interaction in class with Daniel will lead to insights into not only repair and restoration techniques, but also how to operate a shop of your own, and what to expect to if you go to work for a music store.

Daniel has presented clinics at NAPBIRT conventions back in the early days of NAPBIRT for the former Erick Brand Company and Mr. Jim Brownsberger. He has presented at Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA), and the Profesional Band Instrument Repair Technicians asscociation (PROBIRT).

Daniel's past and present client list include the likes of Rick Baptist, George Roberts, Stan Mark, Brandon Feilds, Ann Chilles, Gerald Thatcher, James Galway, Dana Wheaton, John Jorgenson, Frank Morgan, David Wells, Wayne Bergeron, and many other famous and not so "famous" players from across the country. He has also repaired for distinguished organizations like the Denver Brass, Camp Pendleton Marine Band, 29 Palms Marine Band, El Toro Marine Band, Fort Bragg Army Band, and multiple school districts and Universities from coast to coast.

Daniel studied with two masters of the old school method. Mr. Alfred Kriewall and Mr. Frank Foral. Although both these fine craftsman have since passed, Daniel carries on the tradition of old world craftsmanship as passed to him from these great masters.
Mr. Alfred KriewallMr. Frank Foral

A note from "Dr. Dan"

Dean Alfange, owner of the Flying W Ranch in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has a creed he lives by. I was so impressed by him and the way he runs his ranch, I wanted to post his creed here. It is one I agree with.

"I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me --not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say --'This, with God's help, I have done.' All this is what it means to be an American."
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