[JanHerman] knows that tuning musical instruments is all about precision and that precision is measured in a logarithmic unit called a cent. A cheap tuner unit might be accurate to 1.5 cents which ...

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 ...

JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST Roy West plays a chord on the keys, listens to the sound and makes adjustments on the strings. West, 80, has spent a life time tuning pianos. West does contract work ...

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.

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 ...