Mr. Tong, Registered Piano Technician (MPTA) 英國註冊鋼琴技師
鋼琴歷史
Piano History
Piano tuners often became shop owners: the initial link with an established piano firm leading to a provincial placement, particularly … Read More
The larger London piano houses produced many pianos, all of which needed to be strung, chipped up and then fine-tuned, … Read More
Broadwoods and other leading piano houses began to establish a pattern of service which was quickly followed by the smaller … Read More
Most piano tuners were trained in the piano factory over a period of between five and seven years. The Broadwood … Read More
The tuner would appear to have been working in the factory yet not regarded as a factory worker. A … Read More
Prior to the advent of the piano, most musicians tuned their own instruments. This was a necessary part of … Read More
As has been stated in the preface, there is hardly any literature available which details the lives and careers of … Read More
創立超過 2 個世紀的法國鋼琴製造商 Pleyel 曾是蕭邦的最愛，史特拉文斯基、李斯特、德布西等大師也是其愛用者，但擁有名人背書不代表能在市場生存，由於不敵亞洲地區的低價鋼琴搶市，最後一間工作坊將在本月關閉，令人不勝唏噓。
Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) coined the term Renaissance Man after applying the concept of Renaissance Humanism and opined that such … Read More
鋼琴從1709年在意大利問世算起經歷了三個時代的變遷，即古鋼琴，維多利亞和現代鋼琴。它們各自經過了百年歷史的演變期。幾百年來它被不斷地整容。於是展示在我們眼前的鋼琴時而平躺，時而又豎立起來，時而長方形，時而又變成翼形。它還曾和寫字檯，床，甚至縫紉機組合到了一起。在起初折騰了100多年後，它才算基本定了型。鋼琴真是一個不肯過氣的明星。不論是華貴、莊嚴的巴洛克風格；還是雄偉、奇拔的古典主義；不論是奔放，突顯個性的浪漫之聲；還是摒棄傳統，追求光與色彩印象派潮流，鋼琴全部勝任。