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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...