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Jim Kozak

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What’s in a piano? Jim Kozak has tuned a few, and he can tell you. He tunes pianos for the Houston Symphony, Da Camera of Houston, and for our own Houston Public Media. What does he do, and how does he do it? How does one become a piano tuner? Kozak tells all, including how a piano works, and why tuning for Alfred Brendel took two days. Music in this episode:  “Montage” from the South Park episode, “Asspen“*. Written by Trey Parker. Ludwig van Beethoven, Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 “Für Elise.” From Beethoven Piano Bagatelles. Alfred Brendel. JS Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor. From Bach-Solo Piano Pieces by Alfred Brendel.   Tools of the trade: Jim’s tuning lever and tuning fork. Photo by Dacia Clay. Audio production by Todd “Tuned In” Hulslander with dropouts by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio and/or Nick Dulworth. Thanks to George Heathco for the MusicWorks theme music. For more Classroom: www.houstonpublicmedia.org *Team CC contends that this is one of the most hilarious South Parkepisodes of all time. Right up there with “Mecha-Streisand.”

What’s in a piano? Jim Kozak has tuned a few, and he can tell you. He tunes pianos for the <a href="http://www.houstonsymphony.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Houston Symphony</a>, <a href="http://www.dacamera.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Da Camera of Houston</a>, and for our own Houston Public Media. What does he do, and how does he do it? How does one become a piano tuner? Kozak tells all, including how a piano works, and why tuning for <a href="http://www.alfredbrendel.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Alfred Brendel</a> took two days. Music in this episode: <ul> <li>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFCHuEegsk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Montage</a>” from the South Park episode, “<a href="http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s06e03-asspen" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Asspen</a>“*. Written by Trey Parker.</li> <li>Ludwig van Beethoven, Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 “Für Elise.” From Beethoven Piano Bagatelles. Alfred Brendel.</li> <li>JS Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor. From Bach-Solo Piano Pieces by Alfred Brendel.</li> </ul> Tools of the trade: Jim’s tuning lever and tuning fork. Photo by Dacia Clay. Audio production by Todd “Tuned In” Hulslander with dropouts by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio and/or Nick Dulworth. Thanks to <a href="http://georgeheathcomusic.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">George Heathco</a> for the MusicWorks theme music. For more Classroom: <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.houstonpublicmedia.org</a> *Team CC contends that this is one of the most hilarious South Parkepisodes of all time. Right up there with “<a href="http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s01e12-mecha-streisand" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mecha-Streisand</a>.”

Classical Classroom, Episode 94: MusicWorks - Piano Man – Jim Kozak, Piano Tuner