piano tuner
1
2.9
- noun
- /piˈænoʊ ˈtunər/
:
afinador de pianos
- The piano tuner arrived early to ensure that the piano was perfectly tuned before the performance.
- a blind piano tuner
Examples
-
It takes a piano tuner about two hours to tune a piano, including travel time.
Blog text (2) -
How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?
Blog text (2) -
In the material world I used to be a piano tuner.
-
Each piano tuner works eight hours a day, five days a week, and 50 weeks a year.
Blog text (2) -
A piano tuner is at work in the corner.
Fiction book (1992) -
He was moonlighting as a piano tuner, and he kept our instrument in regulation.
Fiction book (1999) -
In addition to faculty, the school maintained recording studio personnel, instrument repair technicians, a piano tuner, and a staff of dance band arrangers.
Academic text (2015) -
Joseph, 70, phoned a piano tuner he knew and asked if he could come and appraise the piano's value.
Blog text (12) -
Several graduates of the NYIB became church musicians, piano tuners, and music teachers in private studios, public schools, and other residential institutions in the United States.
Academic text (2015) -
Following his residency at the institution, Coe worked as a music teacher, piano tuner, church organist, and professional singer in various communities in Massachusetts and New York.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
3
3.5
A person who adjusts a musical instrument so it plays the correct notes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'piano' names the instrument and 'tuner' is a person who adjusts tuning, so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer 'a person who tunes pianos'. This noun–noun occupational compound is a common, compositional pattern across many languages (e.g., Spanish 'afinador de piano'), supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Piano tuner is a two-word name made from piano and tuner; imagine someone listening to a piano and using a small tool to tighten or loosen the strings until each note sounds right. So, it means 'a person whose job is to make a piano play the correct notes'.