Listening this evening to PM on Radio 4, I caught iPM the part where Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey discuss listeners' messages.
It came as a huge surprise to me to discover mention of Bob Glazebrook who will possibly be well-known to attenders of piano recitals at London's Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in the 1970s and 1980s to my certain knowledge. He was Steinway piano-technician and he could often be seen before concerts and at the interval, adjusting the sound of the piano to the artist's wishes.
He was quite approachable and I had several good chats with him and found him to be extremely knowledgeable about pianists, piano music and above all about pianos.
As the BBC programme revealed, Bob found it quite easy to recognise the particular sound of a particular Steinway concert grand, even being able to give the serial number - astonishing.
Anyway it turns out that Bob died at a great age in May this year and as there is no mention of this on google that I can find, I thought I'd hail an important part of London concert life who is no longer amongst us.
http://www.photographersdirect.com/b...imageid=653092 Bob in action for Steinway
Bob Glazebrook piano-technician extraordinaire - thank you!
It came as a huge surprise to me to discover mention of Bob Glazebrook who will possibly be well-known to attenders of piano recitals at London's Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in the 1970s and 1980s to my certain knowledge. He was Steinway piano-technician and he could often be seen before concerts and at the interval, adjusting the sound of the piano to the artist's wishes.
He was quite approachable and I had several good chats with him and found him to be extremely knowledgeable about pianists, piano music and above all about pianos.
As the BBC programme revealed, Bob found it quite easy to recognise the particular sound of a particular Steinway concert grand, even being able to give the serial number - astonishing.
Anyway it turns out that Bob died at a great age in May this year and as there is no mention of this on google that I can find, I thought I'd hail an important part of London concert life who is no longer amongst us.
http://www.photographersdirect.com/b...imageid=653092 Bob in action for Steinway
Bob Glazebrook piano-technician extraordinaire - thank you!
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