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 ...

This article was published 30/07/2018 (2615 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. On a warm day when I was out for a walk in my Fort Garry neighborhood, I heard the plinking sounds ...

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 ...

A note about piano tuners: They often are not in accord. Tuners can’t agree whether their ranks resonate with talent or reek of the tone-deaf. A professional guild sets the bar for training, but most ...

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 ...

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 ...