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The Story
of Steve & Iris Maytan
After the close of World
War II, Steve Maytan was playing saxophone and clarinet professionally
with the "Big Bands". In 1947, he decided to head West to San
Francisco where he could use his musical talents to further his
career. In May, Steve arrived in Reno with 47 cents in his pocket.
The area appealed to Steve and after camping beside the Truckee River
for a few days, (where Sutro crosses over), found work with local show
bands. A graduate of the Conn Instrument Repair School, Steve went to
work for a local music store as an instrument repairman.
Iris moved to Reno with her
family while she was in high school. A fine pianist and organist, she
played the piano bar at the old Trocadero Club in downtown Reno. She
is a charter member of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and organist at
her church for fifty years.
On April 1, 1959, Steve and
Iris opened their own Modern Music Center in a house on Center Street
which still stands today, just north of the current location.
Generations of musicians bought their first instruments and learned to
play there.
In 1979, Steve and Iris
opened Maytan Music Center. The store features 18 teaching studios, a
spacious recital hall upstairs, 3 instrument repair shops, a piano
showroom, main showroom and a temperature-humidity controlled showroom
for the professional stringed instruments. |
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