List. Seems appropriate in the light of some present and recent discussions to bring this point up at the moment, so if you will allow; It never ceases to amaze me how ignored we are otherwise in the industry. On stage productions, in films, on recordings, virtually everywhere there is piano music there must be a piano tuner who in no small way contributes quite directly to the quality of the music. Heck, on records they even give credit to who took the blinging picture of the artist, but almost never is there mention of the instrument or who prepared it. The more I learn about tuning, and the more I explore in what ways we are directly involved in the creativity that ends up coming out of the instrument, the more aghast I am that we as a profession have allowed (walked straight into ??) this state of affairs to evolve. The more I learn about the instruments themselves the less I understand why they are equally ignored thus. A nice exception to the rule is a Classical album given out by Maria Joao Pires who records Beethoven's Piano Sonatas 13, 14 and 30. In the very short list of credits on the inside cover is the name of the Piano Technician.. one Kazato Osato, and the piano used.. a Yamaha CF III S. It was refreshing to see. Cheers RicB
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