tuner in Cuiaba, Brazil

[William Morton]

On 28, Jan 2008, , at Monday, 28January13:08, Joel A. Jones wrote:

> List,
>
> I have a pianist friend who is going to visit in Cuiaba, Brazil  
> which is the
> Capital of Mato Grosso with a population of 1/2 million people, but  
> he is
> told the closest piano tuner is 500 miles away.    Anyone have any
> suggestions on how to find a tuner in this area?

If the city is that large there must be some center of higher education;
perhaps calling them would unearth a piano that requires tuning
and thence a tuner thereof?