Martin Weedon obituary
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
CordeliaWeedon
Thu 7 Jan 2021 09.20 EST
Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 13.45 EST
My brother Martin Weedon, who has died aged 67 from cancer, was founder of the highly successful Piano Warehouse, providing pianos for musicians and celebrities.
Martin and a colleague, Mike Neill, set up a business together in 1977, starting with secondhand furniture and pianos. This evolved into piano renovation, and then became the Piano Warehouse, based in Surbiton, Surrey. In the 1980s it expanded into importing modern pianos. Over many successful years, the business provided instruments to musicians including Oasis, Coldplay, George Solti and John Ogdon, and other well-known figures, incl