Luna Vista Tunes In

Posted by Raylene Ewing

on Feb 25, 2016

Past President Vinnie (subbing for President Ruth who is at Project Amigo) welcomes David Larizabal who has opened a new store in town.

Rotarians: 16

Visiting Rotarians: Clay Brad

Guests: Hetal Patel

Announcements:

Opera House Concert is March 20, see Charlene for questions.

Dean Labadie wants to get going on the slab at the Rotary Park Fairgrounds, stayed tuned for information.

Program:

David Larizabal and his wife Morgan introduced their new business on Main Street, “Broken Note Instrument Repair”. It is primarily an instrument repair shop, but it does sell some instruments and supplies. He attended one of only three repair school in the United States, Renton Technical School in Renton Washington. He is designing an “Instrument Petting Zoo” to take to events to allow children to get to know musical instruments.

An excerpt from his website shows he is truly a homegrown entrepreneur:

David Lardizabal is a local boy who attended Douglass Junior High School and Pioneer High School. After high school he moved to Renton, Washington to attend Renton technical school in order to become certified as Band Instrument repair technicians. Upon completion of the program, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona to begin a yearlong apprenticeship under a highly successful repair technician. After the apprenticeship, he was accepted into the Roberto-Venn School of Luthier where he studied the building and repairing of guitars. After completing the program, David moved to Reno, Nevada where he became the lead technician for Reno’s main music store. After two years in Reno, David moved back to his hometown of Woodland.