The Brief
- The owner of an antique piano repair workshop in West Allis is charged with felony theft.
- Thomas Neuhaus of Neuhaus Piano Workshop is accused of accepting pianos and payment for restoration, then cutting off communication with customers.
- One woman entrusted Neuhaus with a 1930s piano that was her sole inheritance from her grandparents. She compares losing the piano to “losing my childhood.”
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Customers trusted him to restore family heirlooms that were never returned. Now, the owner of a nearly 70-year-old piano repair shop is charged with felony theft.
The last straw
What we know:
In April, the neglected appearance of Neuhaus Piano Workshop hit Cassandra Kaminski like a bad note.
“It was closed. The lights were off. There was a pile of mail,” recalled Kaminski.
Back in 2023, Kaminski entrusted the workshop with her 1930s Charles Frederick Stein piano. The workshop’s owner then stopped responding to her questions about the repairs.
The criminal case
What we know:…