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Ronald (Ron) Sfarzo was born in San Francisco, California June 28, 1947 by Italian emigrants Nicola and Francesca Sfarzo. Both parents imigranted to American from "Carloforte a small town located on "Isola di San Peitro", Sardinia Italy.

Ron Sfarzo is a twin brother to Donald Sfarzo and brother to Angelo Sfarzo (both deceased). Ron is married to Vocalist Maryann Sfarzo since 1969 and has a son Rock Drummer Christopher Sfarzo.

Ron started playing the Accordion at age 5. He started music lessons at age 7 and continued through his teen years learning the Piano and Organ.

At age eighteen, Ron was asked to perform with the World Famous "Andrini Brothers" where he traveled and performed in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington State. Several years later Ron returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and became Sales Manager for Bob Berry's Organ Center located in Santa Clara, California. Ron started to perform local Organ Concerts when he was seen by Gus Pearson a Renowned Concert Artist and Sales Manager for the Wurlitzer Piano and Organ Company. He was asked to join the Wurlitzer Piano and Organ Company as District Sales Manager/Concert Artist where he traveled and performed throughout the United States. In later years he became employed by the Baldwin, Lowrey Piano and Organ Companies. Ron has also performed in Paris and Italy.

In 1980 Ron and his twin brother Donald went into the Piano and Organ Retail Business and opened the "San Francisco Keyboard Gallery" located on Market Street in San Francisco. They were the Baldwin Artist Dealer for the San Francisco Bay Area responsible for supplying Liberace, George Shearing ''and other Baldwin Artists performing in the San Francisco Bay Area".

In the mid 1980's, the Bay Area Retail Piano and Organ sales started decreasing. Ron was then a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Menlo Park. Because of business slowing down, Ron decided to become a Full Time Menlo Park Police Officer and retired in 2005.  Since his retirement Ron was employed as a Deputy Coroner for the San Mateo Coroner's Office, Public Safety Officer for Hastings College of Law and a Federal Reserve Police Officer for the Federal Reserve 12th District.

Ron has attended and graduated from the Evergreen Administration of Justice Police and the Federal Reseve Law Enforcement Academies and holds many POST (Police Officer's Standard Training) Certificates to include his California Private Investigators License

Ron now has his own Music Entertainment Company "Sfarzo Productions" ''(www.sfarzoproductions) along with his lovely wife Maryann. They both perform in the Bay Area and abroad. ''Ron is a life member ot the American Federation of Musicians and member of Broadcast Music, Inc B.M.I.