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Movies with piano tuners as major characters must be rare. I've never actually seen one.
But today I came across one channel surfing. The Unleashed, starring Morgan Freeman as the blind piano tuner who befriends Jet Li, martial arts assassin.
In his first scene Morgan walks into a room full of pianos that are impressively far out of tune "this is going to take me a couple of hours." Hee, hee. Morgan stands behind an upright holding his hammer while Jet Li plays a key needing tuning.
I don't know how it ends, the family commandeered the TV to watch The View.
"Imagine it in all its primatic colorings, its counterpart in our souls - our souls that are great pianos whose strings, of honey and of steel, the divisions of the rainbow set twanging, loosing on the air great novels of adventure!" - William Carlos Williams
There was the truly bizarre movie "The Piano Tuner of EarthQuakes." There was a piano tuner in the movie but instead of working on pianos he worked on some strange automatons.
Ryan Sowers, Pianova Piano Service Olympia, WA www.pianova.net
Seems like it could be made into a small movie about a tuner's life (coming of age, military service, etc.) and then his more revealing "behind-the-scenes" view of great 20th century pianists who are now idolized.
Two weeks ago I had a little crew in my shop. They are filming a short film for a film festival. They had one actor tuning a Steinway upright and later regulating a Steinway grand and some dialogue between an actor (the Boss) and the tuner (the apprentice) I know later that week they were going to be filming at a local theatre. The actor struggled with getting a unison in.
I look forward to seeing the finished project.
Verhnjak Pianos Specializing in the Restoration, Refinishing & Maintenance of Fine Heirloom Pianos
The movie "Pianomania" which is on Netflix is absolutely astonishing. Quite a few tuning scenes and a lot of regulation scenes. Interesting movie. Check it out
Wurlitzer Studio Upright Piano- Built in 1963 Manager Tuner / Technician Kenyon Piano Service
In one of the opening scenes, Jack Benny's character, piano tuner Sheldon Weeks, services the piano of an unseen, off-screen character who sounds exactly like Liberace when he speaks.
Director: Frank Tashlin Writers: Richard Pedicini (story), Frank Tashlin Stars: Jack Benny, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Charles Bronson
