Taylor O’Hanlon grew up in San Ramon playing piano at home and trumpet for the school bands. After high school, he attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. While he was there, in addition to composing and performing, he experimented with soldering and basic repair techniques in his garage. Upon returning home after graduating, he continued to explore his hobby until the fall of 2019, when a position at Best Instrument Repair became available. He worked there for five years until they had to close, and in order to continue the progress he’d made in the last five years, Taylor decided to buy the tooling from Dick Akright and open his own shop in San Ramon.
Taylor continues to perform on the trumpet in several groups throughout the bay including the Handel Opera Project, Oakland Civic Orchestra, San Ramon Symphonic Band, West County Winds, Golden Gate Park Band, and Bay Blue Notes, the official brass band for the Golden State Warriors. His other musical interests include performing musical theater, sitting in with Delta College, Las Positas College, and Stockton Civic Theater.