Mr. Tong, Registered Piano Technician (MPTA) 英國註冊鋼琴技師
PREFACE It was while tuning an elderly upright piano that the possibility of electing piano tuners as a theme for … Read More
Piano tuners often became shop owners: the initial link with an established piano firm leading to a provincial placement, particularly … Read More
Most piano tuners were trained in the piano factory over a period of between five and seven years. The Broadwood … Read More
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What is a Steinway with Double Action? It is an instrument specifically prepared for two different sets of actions. These … Read More
英國鋼琴製造產業榮景不再，反倒是銷毀舊琴的回收業者每週都十分忙碌，而英國鋼琴售量的下滑更指出英國製琴業似乎開始走入夕陽產業。 鋼琴搬運公司的瓊．凱利（Jon Kelly）向英國《通訊報》記者表示，銷毀鋼琴在現今的英國非常常見。他一週可以回收五臺鋼琴，多數的琴都是在1920年代製琴業的巔峰時製成，至今都已是走音、琴鍵卡住的百年老琴，修復費用動輒就上千英鎊，對許多人都是龐大負擔。因此，保存鋼琴沒有意義，而要賣也沒人想買。
失蹤了150多年的蕭邦鋼琴﹐最近在英國一鄉村別墅被發現﹐使得愛樂者能夠聆聽「鋼琴詩人」蕭邦原音的重現。這架法國製 普雷耶(Pleyel) 鋼琴1848年隨蕭邦訪問英國﹐在離英時以 80 英鎊將鋼琴脫手﹐隨著時光流逝﹐鋼琴的下落也無人知曉。日內瓦大學的音樂學者在研究普雷耶的銷售紀錄後﹐利用鋼琴上的編號證實了這就是隨蕭邦旅英的鋼琴。