Piano Technician and Pianist, Carl Radford, is interviewed about how he got into piano tuning, making videos on historical tunings, and Lucky the Wonder Piano.
Carl Radford describes the type of classical well tempered tuning used in this demonstration, and how it differs from the modern tuning, and then performs Bach’s C Major Prelude with the piano tuned in the classical tuning.
I was tuning in a recording studio, when I received an email asking for a bid for the installation of humidity systems for all the 54 pianos in the music department at a major University during their Spring Break.
I get a call from a girl, who wants me to tune her parent’s piano. Warning lights immediately start flashing in my mind. “Has she asked her parents?” I wonder. I should probably qualify her about these things, but I don’t ask.
I feel very lucky sometimes as a piano technician to enjoy a few perks that most other professions don’t. One of the biggest fringe benefits of my job is that the view from my office changes every day.
I tuned the piano for this recording for Fallout Boy in a recording studio that I often tune for a year or so before he started becoming famous. Great song too!
One of the best parts about my work is the connection I have with my customers - And sometimes their quirky pets. I feel lucky to have people that I work for, who are artistic, inspired, creative and interesting.