ABOUT CLASSIC FURNITURE SERVICES

Since 1981, Classic Furniture Services has served over 20,000 satisfied customers and clients in Massachusetts and New England. Based in Franklin, MA, Classic Furniture Services occupies a 22,500 square foot facility and offers a wide range of services. Over the past quarter century, owner and President Jon White has built up a talented team of 25 trained and skilled professionals. The many decades of experience our senior staff possesses is what sets Classic Furniture Services apart from others in the field.

Jon White: Owner and President of Classic Furniture Services since 1981, Jon has a degree in business from Babson College and has built Classic Furniture into a leader in the furniture restoration field. As a small business entrepreneur, Jon has owned other businesses and worked as a consultant to restoration firms and other small businesses. He is the creator of RestorationPro, a software program he designed especially for restoration firms.

Frank Pannone: Frank is our Residential Sales Manager and has over 20 years of experience in furniture and piano restoration. Frank has worked in a variety of roles since joining Classic Furniture in 1996, and previously worked for both Baldwin and Steinway Piano. He brings a high level of knowledge and craftsmanship to the firm, and is very experienced in furniture repairs, refinishing, restoration, and upholstery. Restoring and duplicating high gloss lacquer and polyester finishes is one of his specialties, and his personable nature creates a great rapport with our many residential customers.

Brian Roche: Brian is our Claims and Marketing manager and has worked in the claims and restoration field for 20 years. Along with his experience in furniture restoration, Brian has worked in the fine arts, antiques, and museum field in different capacities. His many years of restoration experience and familiarity with third party services helps provide our moving company and insurance clients with responsive and high quality repair service and thorough inspection reports. His marketing efforts have helped raise the profile of Classic Furniture Services, and brought attention to the growing range of services that we offer.

Claire Richardson: Claire is our Assistant Claims Manager and has been managing the daily activities of the fast-paced transit claims division of Classic Furniture since 2002. Her prior experience in customer service really shows when dealing with some of the more demanding aspects of the claims business. Her friendly and professional manner is often complimented, and helps make the claims and repair process go very smoothly. Her knowledge and skills benefit both the customers who have a claim, and the moving and insurance companies who are processing it.

Bill Kinder: Bill is our Production Manager and manages the daily operations of our busy shop. Bill has 13 years experience in furniture and piano restoration, and also benefits from his experience in family antique business. His attention to detail has helped maintain a high level of quality control in all our restoration and custom work.

Bob Landon: Bob has been working in the furniture restoration field since 1966 working for furniture stores and piano companies. With over 17 years at Classic Furniture Services, Bob is our senior restorer and refinisher. His wealth of experience and knowledge allows us to handle a wide array of difficult projects, and be able to train a new generation of craftsman at the firm.


Mike Sousa: Mike has been our Senior Upholsterer since 2002. Before coming to Classic Furniture Services, Mike worked for 11 years at a high-end custom upholsterer in Connecticut. Having an in-house upholstery expert has greatly enhanced the services we provide, and Mike brings a passion for quality and great attention to detail to every custom upholstery job we handle.

John Daszkiewicz: John spends most of his time on the road handling repairs and inspections for moving companies, insurance adjusters, and residential clients. Before working at Classic Furniture, John honed his furniture repair and touch-up skills at Sears and Alpert's Furniture Store. John has been in the furniture restoration field since 1968, and his versatile abilities allow us to complete many difficult repairs onsite, so no furniture has to be moved.

Ben Hardee: Ben is one of our experienced road techs, and performs many of our onsite inspections and repairs for moving companies, insurance adjusters and residential clients. Ben is a certified Piano Technician who learned his trade at the well-known North Bennet Street School in Boston. Ben has been working professionally in furniture and piano restoration since 1991.

Dave Manning: Dave is one of our craftsmen at the shop and has over 26 years of experience. He previously worked as an upholstery service tech and ran the repair shop at Levitt's Furniture Store for most of his career, and is also one of our hardware specialists.

John Muldoon: John has been with Classic Furniture for over a decade, and previously spent many years refinishing antique furniture for Chicago antique dealers. John has filled a variety of roles at the shop, and also handles residential repairs and painting.

Damon Taylor: Damon has a background in restoring historical art objects and antique furniture, and trained under the notable conservator Thomas Gentile. His experience working for museums and knowledge of conservation procedures allows Classic Furniture Services to offer sensitive, high-end restoration and conservation services to our residential and insurance clients with valuable antiques and priceless heirlooms.

Carlton Lima: Carlton is one of our most experienced finishers at our shop. He has worked at Classic furniture for two years and previous worked as an architectural millworker for 11 years. His knowledge of lacquer and painted finishes and the ability to produce perfect results makes Carlton an important asset at our company.