When I decided to purchase a Golden Age Grand Piano I visited piano restoration workshops in Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. Each craftsman taught me something about grand pianos and the process of restoration, but not one piano was 'it'.
So I tuned for 'it' to find me. And it did. I had the confidence to say yes to a dusty, rusty 1928 Mason & Hamlin A that required a new soundboard, new pinblocks, new bridges, new action and restringing. The rim was refinished, the harp redipped and the ivory keys cleaned up.
After three months she (because she's a she, no doubt about it) was ready for me to see and play her. Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous! Pure cream. Elegant. Refined. No break between registers. And she gets better with time.
Tuning the space that was the energy of music, of the piano I wanted in my life that was perfect for me, provided the confidence to say yes to something unseen and unheard. The piano received that energy, everyone involved in the rebuilding/refinishing process received that energy and the final product was one very happy piano.
Sound/space/vibration/energy can be re-engineered to create something more whole, more rich, more complete and more complex than was previously available. HARMONIC TUNING goes right to that space to make MORE than it was.
