La afinación y regulación de pianos como una competencia del pianista: hacia una sensibilización del oficio y su influencia en la concepción sonora del intérprete

Abstract

The following article reflects upon the relevance of developing piano tuning skills as a complement to the pianist career. There will be a brief survey about the evolution of the piano in order to understand the cause for the appearance of the figure of the piano tuner. The involvement that musicians have in the process of musical creation and recreation will be shown alongside the role that tuning has in the process. Hereafter the interdisciplinarity as a resource to develop new knowledge will take place, followed by the benefits that piano tuning skills will bring to the construction of an interpretation approach and finally some pianists’ perceptions on this subject will be shared. Therewith, it is proposed to highlight piano tuning with the purpose of taking it into account as part of the development of academic piano programs of the higher education institutions in the country.