As you know, a piano needs frequent adjustments to work well. There are many pianos in Palestine but there is not anybody qualified to fix it except one man from Jerusalem who is now old and tired of the hassles of travelling here. Thus, Palestinians are depending from voluntary piano tuners' intermittent stays.
Organized with the associations “Music Fund” from Belgium and "Nablus the Culture" from Palestine, the idea is to train two persons during a year. The workshop will be established in Nablus in the north of the Westbank.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Piano works in Ramallah

Today, I went to Ramallah. I took a taxi at 8.00 am from my flat to Awara, a Nablus checkpoint.

Nabus checkpoint


Then, a taxi-service deposed me near Ramallah’s center from where i walked as far as Al Kamandjati.


Ramallah – The wall


Walk in Ramallah


Al Kamandjati


After a piano tuning, I met Kamal again (first time was in December). Kamal had already been initiated by Sauli Terava, a famous Finnish piano tuner who stayed a few weeks in Ramallah before December. He looked very motivated about my profession and he is probably going to learn in Nablus with the others students.


Piano tuning

Later, we went to Deir Ghassana Village near Ramallah where a charming little music school was waiting my services.


Deir Ghassana Village (Kamal is playing guitar)


The ball is neglected... This little boy prefers play with the broom

After that, before to come back to Nablus, I tuned another piano in Al Kamandjati and gave advice to Kamal about this work.
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