Through My Ears Podcast

UC Santa Barbara Piano Technician David Cesca Tunes Us In

The UCSB Department of Music’s podcast Through My Ears returns this fall with a special episode featuring our very own piano technician, David Cesca. Typically, the podcast gives graduate students an opportunity to ask their professors questions about their background and expertise. However, our next episode will dig into the often overlooked world of tuning a piano. How much work is involved? How has tuning evolved over the centuries? How does tuning a piano affect one’s appreciation of music? Through My Ears is a podcast centered around our faculty, students and staff. From theory and ethnomusicology, to composition and performance, it showcases the department’s diversity of voices in an ever-evolving field.

David Cesca in the Piano Studio repairing a Yamaha vertical piano

Feature photo depicts the installation of a piano hammer assembly set. There are 88 hammer assemblies per set in a piano corresponding to each of the 88 piano keys!

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Production of the department podcast is made possible by Connor Long, Production and Events Manager.