Every time we had our piano tuner scheduled to come was a special occasion. When he'd come, he'd have this aura about him which made his intense disposition se

Every time we had our piano tuner scheduled to come was a special occasion. When he'd come, he'd have this aura about him which made his intense disposition seem fitting for the work he was doing. My mom felt it important to prepare us for the two day process to be without our piano and to tread lightly as he worked through his vast toolset of tuning forks on each key with his most amazing one, his ear. To watch him act as one with our piano, positioning his head to absorb its vibrations and set it right for us, made our most prized possession seem like part of an intricate world of students connected and tuned to the sound motions of the Universe.