Behind every stellar piano player on stage, there's an equally seasoned tuner who's made their instruments sound the way they should. But like musicians, piano technicians have had a rough year ...

Most likely you didn’t know Roland J. Schlagel. And, I have to admit, I knew him only barely. I never visited his house, never went out to dinner with him and his wife, never met his five children or ...

[Todd Harrison] recently wrote in to tip us off on his submission to the Tektronix oscilloscope contest – using a scope to tune a piano. In his video he demonstrates how a Fast Fourier Transform can ...

Steinway Concert Technician Ismael Cunha is the piano tuner at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Cunha is shown here ...

It starts with an A. An A-440, to be exact. Ken Serviss slaps a metal tuning fork against his leg, letting it reverberate softly. He places the tool against the body of a grand piano, amplifying the ...

Ulrich Gerhartz on working for the biggest names in classical music, finding a piano’s ‘personality’ – and why his profession is in danger Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...