The Quilietti Family

Joseph Brattesani is the son of Domenico Brattesani and Italini Bardini.

Joe  married Donna Viola in the year 1960 and they reside in California, USA in the Bay area of San Francisco where Joseph runs a very successful piano business.  Joe is my third cousin x once removed…..Helen

Joe Brattesanni is a 57-year veteran of the piano retail industry. Joseph Brattesani owns World Class Pianos. His incredibly successful career includes receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bosendorfer in 2006, an award only bestowed twice in Bosendorfers 190-year history; he has also won top-sales awards from Steinway, Petrof, Schimmel, Roland, Palatino, Pianodisc, and Kawai. A San Francisco native of Italian heritage, Brattesani took up the accordion at age 12, eventually studying the instrument at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His professional album, Joe Plays Italian, was released by Golden Gate Records in 1960, containing a collection of Italian mazurkas and polkas. Brattesani opened his first store, Joe Brattesani School of Music, in San Francisco in 1959, where he both sold musical instruments and offered lessons; later the store was expanded and renamed Music City. He accepted a management position with Sherman Clay in 1965, purchased Cline Piano in 1975, and co-founded Colton Pianos of Northern California in 1981, which eventually expanded to eleven locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. In 1983, Brattesani worked with Price Club (now Costco) to start The Road Show, ultimately selling pianos at 38 different store locations in biannual 10-day special events.