Business owner numb after fire
He has restored pianos for about 25 years, including the last 10 in
"I don't know what I'm going to do now," he said. "This is all I've ever done."
Hughes was in
"I didn't know what to do or say," Hughes said after receiving the news.
He said his fellow church members texted him shortly after the incident, asking what they can do to help. Hughes said he spent Tuesday sitting in his recreational vehicle staring at the wall in disbelief.
The blaze, reported at about
Hughes said 50 to 60 pianos were consumed in the fire. He estimated he owned 30 or 40 of the pianos, and he was restoring the rest of them for clients.
The fire also destroyed several of Hughes' high-end guitars, his van, his business computer and records, and all of his tools, materials and equipment used to acquire, rebuild and deliver pianos.
According to the
Hughes said he has a few pianos he collected on his trip that need work, but he does not have the tools to restore them. He also owns a couple of pianos in an outbuilding, but the legs of the pianos were destroyed in the fire.
Hughes said he specializes in refurbishing "golden era pianos," or pianos made between roughly 1900 and 1930.
He had been operating Grand American Piano at the barn since December. Hughes said the facility was intended as a temporary space for his business and he wanted to build a shop where he lives on
When he first arrived in
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