Big Wrench Sessions

Low-key recording sessions in a Brooklyn piano store. Born in 2012, revived in 2025.

Today! Working on pianos in a store since 2011, the shop at 264 Hoyt Street has evolved and grown up, while still acting like a kid at heart. We're open every day but Monday.

Back when... Brian Whiton and Jeff Feddersen met in the Twin Cities, in a different century. and have friends ever since. Brian learned some things about pianos, and, in 2011 opened Big Wrench Piano Care, a unique showroom of restored pianos in the heart of Brooklyn. Jeff studied gizmos and gadgets, and when Brian came across some well-worn vintage EPs, he handled the mechanicals and called Jeff in for the electronics. A chance meeting between their hot-rodded Wurlitzer 200A and a cabaret virtuoso was caught on tape, and resulted in the first Big Wrench Session late in 2012. The Big Wrench Sessions continue to showcase local talent on the lovingly restored instruments in Brian's storefront window.