| At our April 1st meeting, we were visited by
guest speaker Marshall Gisondi. Marshall is a
vision‐impaired, professional piano tuner and
technician. He was trained at the School of
Piano Technology for the Blind, located in Vancouver,
Washington. The school has been in
place, educating the blind to repair and service
pianos, since 1949.
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He educated us on the proper care and maintenance
of pianos. It’s not as easy as it would
seem! He explained the steps necessary to conduct
a thorough piano tuning, and encouraged
piano owners to hire professionals to move
pianos, and not do it themselves.
Marshall shared with us many anecdotes of his
career. He also gave us a list of Do’s and Don’ts
for piano care.
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He told us about the school he attended, and
how students are trained by touch and sound,
instead of by sight. In some ways, using touch
and sound is better than sight when it comes to
pianos. The school teaches only vision impaired
people, making it one of the few such
institutions worldwide.
You can arrange to have Mr. Gisondi speak with
you about your own piano by calling him at
215-510-9400 or emailing him at
pianotune05@hotmail.com