I’m Carol Bailey, and live in a small village in Northwest Ohio called Pemberville. You may know me from my “other life” as Orpha Hoffenheimer, of the famous Hoffenheimer Sisters Duo!!

I’ve been married now for over 25 years to John and we have four children.  Our oldest sons are twins, Aaron and James, who are 21 years old and soon to be Seniors at Bowling Green State University. The next is Brenna, who is 19 and then there's my baby, Allison, who is nearly 13. The whole family is very musical, which is a tremendous blessing.

I love to sing and entertain.  Always have. I began to study voice at twelve years of age and continued until almost twenty.  I have had the privilege of many leading roles in several musicals and theatrical productions in the past. While I enjoy watching, I find that I am not as interested in being in theater productions as I once was due to time (and memory) constraints.

Besides working, more of that in the next paragraph, and performing as a Hoffenheimer Sister, I keep very busy with church and the restoration of my large 1895 Victorian home. I desire to make it “tastefully gaudy”, if there is such a thing! Just like me!! I love decorating for Christmas and put up between 15 and 18 Christmas trees each year to show off my collection of over 1500 European mouth-blown Christmas ornaments. You know the type, the pretty, gaudy, glittery ones. I have recently taken up a hobby of making Victorian lampshades. While I started making them so that I could have them for my own home, I sell them at a local antique shop. I have yet to produce one just for me. 

My husband and I have owned and operated our own business, The Piano Works for 24 years. We tune, rebuild, refinish and do complete “from the ground up” restoration of pianos.  John and I specialize in vintage instruments, bringing life and beauty back into what most would consider a hopeless case. We service many schools, churches and several hundred private customers.  We have restored instruments from as far away as New York, South Carolina and even Arizona! We also sell new Charles R. Walter as well as our own restored pianos. Please visit us on the web at www.thepianoworks.org!

I know many of you have often asked “sister” and me about our “real” lives, so there you have it. I think that Debby and I are almost as interesting out of character as in!

 Thank you for your interest and continued support of The Hoffenheimer Sisters!