Butch Lyon explains the parts under the piano's keyboard and identifies the humidifier/dehumidifier unit installed on this piano, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at Thunder Bay Junior High in Alpena, Mich. A layman might not know it by looking at the outside of a piano, but it is a stringed instrument. And tuning it takes about two hours, a bag full of tools and a trained ear like that of Butch Lyon. Now in his 55th year of professionally tuning pianos, Lyon certainly has a knack for the craft. (Darby Hinkley/The Alpena News via AP)
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