Piano tuners

So I'm reading Winter Journal by Paul Auster - he usually writes fiction, but this is a memoir. It's written in the second person, but it's about his life. I came across this passage:

"You arranged for someone to come and tune the out-of-tune piano, which had not been played in years A blind man showed up the next day (you have rarely met a piano tuner who is not blind)..."

Are piano tuners really usually blind? Anyone have experience with them?

I had a happy childhood, but two regrets: I wish I took piano lessons, and ballet.

Comments

Kalei's Best Friend said…
You can still learn to play the piano and take ballet lessons...
8:43 PM
Bearette said…
I don't know if this old body can handle ballet. But probably piano.
9:15 PM
Rachel Federman said…
People who were forced to take piano do always seem happy about it later on.
8:17 PM
Bearette said…
Hehe...i never noticed that forced-piano effect.
3:04 PM
Unknown said…
Blinds are a great piano tuner cause they rely on their sense of sound. Their senses are more sensitive than ours. I know the basics of playing a piano but didn't have the time to go further with it.
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