A hundred years ago, pianos were a fixture in many American homes. More than 300,000 of them were sold in 1925, but today the number has fallen to under 18,000.
Electronic keyboard sales outnumber acoustics ten to one. They’re cheaper and easier to maintain. But one man in Virginia says he still keeps busy ensuring existing instruments – which can last a hundred years or more – stay in tune.
Sandy Hausman spoke with him and filed this report.
Virginia Public Radio 