Mr. Tong, Registered Piano Technician (MPTA) 英國註冊鋼琴技師
Piano tuning is nowadays regarded as an unusual profession and upon meeting me for the first time, many people express … Read More
The proliferation of pianos led to a proliferation of tuners, as we have seen. Regrettably, some people saw this … Read More
By 1887 Broadwoods were in trouble for excluding tuners who were not employed by them or their agents;
It may seem somewhat strange to allocate part of what is predominantly a social study to a technical aspect of … Read More
鋼琴，盛載不少父母對孩子的期盼，十根小手指在琴鍵上輕拂，爸媽都希望子女品性如琴音般脫俗出塵。身兼作曲、指揮和鋼琴家的美籍華人盛宗亮，1999年4月獲當時美國總統克林頓邀請作曲，用於中國國家總理朱鎔基到訪時的演奏。其殊榮碩果纍纍，包括2001年獲麥克阿瑟天才獎 MacArthur Fellows，這是美國表揚傑出人士最高獎項之一。他除獲50萬美元獎金，更被評審會高度讚揚為「跨越文化新聲」。但原來，小時候他曾因不練琴而被媽媽打，間尺也打斷。文革時被迫離家往青海，於民族歌舞劇團擔任演奏員七年。他對鋼琴由厭生愛，體會到要孩子出類拔萃就得強迫，但懂得適時鬆手，方能讓藝術成為其終身必修課，助其活出精采人生。
Such an enormous variety of pianos meant that the tuner had to be equipped with a very wide range of … Read More
Although the term ‘piano tuner’ has been used almost exclusively heretofore, the job entailed far more than simply tuning pianos. … Read More
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