Monday, March 1, 2010

My husband, the Steinway tuner...


I can't resist. I love my husband and I am always proud of him. So here is a newspaper article that came out in the Sacramento Bee Sunday, February, 28. The title is "Q&A with Mondavi Center piano tuner Brad Larson." It is by Bee writer, Edward Ortiz and is a series of questions he asked my husband. (So he is a little younger in my picture)

It begins:

When pianist Leon Fleisher sits down at the 9-foot-long Steinway at the Mondavi Center, few realize that a tuner has slaved over the voicing and tuning of that instrument that same day. Brad Larson, who is nearing his 50th year in the business, keeps the Mondavi's three concert Steinways in tip-top shape. The Bee caught up with the 67-year-old piano tuner.

When did the passion for tuning begin?

At home. My first attempt at tuning was in my early teens when I purchased an autoharp and spent hours upon hours trying to tune the darned thing. From that I learned to hear the difference between pitches that were in tune or synch with each other.

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7 comments:

Dave Moody said...

Great article. Atta boy, Brad!

Debbie said...

Yea Brad! :-)

Bruce Byrne said...

Does anyone else have an image of Ferrante and Teicher wandering around the concert hall in their underwear while Brad is at home pressing their pants? No?

(But it does sound a bit like a Seinfeld episode, doesn't it?)

Dave Moody said...

Maestro!

Rev Dave said...

So...has he ever tried to tuna fish?

Viola Larson said...

No, but he just lives it when someone asks if he tunes by ear so he can say no he uses his hands.

Rev Dave said...

Sounds like he and I would get along just fine.