For 50 years, Sydney Opera House has had one man on speed dial

For 50 years, Sydney Opera House has had one man on speed dial


He's been tuning the building's pianos for half a century, working behind the scenes to make sure the uber-technical instruments are ready for the world's best musicians. "The sails were up, but it was all very bare," he tells the BBC, gesturing to the edges of the grand Concert Hall. "One day, the Sydney Symphony was rehearsing downstairs, and the piano hadn't been tuned particularly well by whoever had been in in the morning," Terry says.


Published at: 2025-06-21 21:20:36

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