Looking for the perfect sound with the Piano Tuner Stefan Knüpfer

Behind the scenes of a piano concert, there is a figure as important as the pianist: the piano tuner. The chief technician of Steinway Austria Stefan Knüpfer shows the art of tuning a piano in order to adapt it to both the concert hall and the pieces the artist will play. In this case, the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard gives a concert in Salzburg, in the large hall of the Mozarteum. He is about to play Mozart and Bartók, a challenge for Stefan Knüpfer.
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It is normal to hear about great pianists and their works. What is not usual is to hear about the technicians behind the piano, those who make possible the beautiful and clean execution of each note. The master Piano-Tuner Stefan Knüpfer, who has worked with pianists such as Lang Lang, began as an apprentice with Steinway & Sons. His work is not just to get the instrument in tune, but also to understand the different needs Steinway’s piano customers. Every pianist is different: everyone has their individual ideas and concerns about the sound and the way of playing, and sometimes, these wishes are the result of their particular physiology.
The technician has a painstaking work; the challenge of this concert is to tune the piano for a program that goes from Mozart to Bartok. Many times it is considered that the pianist has all the responsibility for the result of a performance, forgetting how important the quality of the instrument is and how well tuned it is.
An excerpt from the documentary of NZZ Format "The Piano - 88 Keys, 1000 Emotions". More from NZZ Format: / nzzformat

[@OE1FEU]

The concert technician really is the one to make a pianist happy and bringing in a second, different action for a concert grand is really one way of getting a completely different feel and sound for the same piano.
There are, of course, other halls in this world that can do the same thing, so Pierre-Laurent Aimard doesn't need to desperately call one specific technician for that particular feature.
When PLA plays in London he'll just get the same treatment and expertise and over there it's not restricted to Steinways; PLA may just as well choose the Yamaha for a particular event, which he has recently done.

[@downeybill]

Love this guy and this piano, but I think my favourite thing in this video is the hall. Love to hear something there live some day.

[@noabaak]

Just marvelous.

[@besimqorri7351]

Very sensitiv man Stefan Knüpfer and for sure high level of piano tuner!
I need a contact of this guy, Stefan, if somebody has any…

[@FryChicken]

I'm also looking to reach out to him, did you manage to find his contact information?

[@jakedewyn8848]

Stefan looks like the little brother of Jürgen Klopp.

[@yurkellis]

Thanks God people like him still exist. In this world of mediocracy and ignorance.

[@petrumusic]

1. in this "concert" the piano had a secondary role, being just a support for the solo violinist. 2. replacing the whole piano hammers and keys doesn't prove anything, no tuning skills, no lesson for young technicians

[@SammyBoe]

Exactly these are very minor details they were adjusting. 99% of piano technicians won't deal with situations like this in their career.

[@samspianos]

Damper tops very dusty

[@afterthesmash]

If it sounds good, he won't touch it. He makes a big joke about this in the documentary _Pianomania,_ which is fantastic.

[@bifeldman]

I preferred the piano to the pianist.

[@downeybill]

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