Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONGMONT, Colo.—The piano is a relatively new instrument—it appeared around the dawn of the 18th century—and to a large degree this is due to its ...

"Listening to piano tuning can drive a lot of people nuts. The Cliburn office clears out when I'm there to tune their piano. Everyone takes a long lunch that day." The 16th Van Cliburn International ...

WILLMAR, Minn. — Dennis Benson has tuned pianos for celebrities including Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Crystal Gayle and Wayne Newton prior to their concerts at regional venues. One time, before a ...

Brian Bailey tunes a piano. He's been aurally tuning the instruments for the past 37 years and says there's been decreased need for his services because so many people have switched to digital pianos.

If you want perfect pitch in your voice, you have to be born with it, but luckily, if you want it in your piano, there’s someone who can give it to you. They’re called piano tuners or piano ...

NEW BEDFORD — On a recent Saturday, the pianist at Cafe Italia Ristorante had a problem: One of the piano keys was dead and in desperate need of a tuner. Fortunately for the restaurant, the SouthCoast ...

Like blacksmithing and letter writing, the profession of piano tuner has been added to the list of dying arts. The average American piano tuner is between 55 and 60 years old. Seattle’s 70-year-old ...