Michel Boder
Piano maker
La Chaux-de-Fonds

« The piano is a cabinet in which you can store millions of melodies. »

After a technical career in the watch industry, particularly in the manufacture of stamps, Michel Boder undertook a 2nd apprenticeship and obtained his CFC as a piano maker in 1987. His first training enabled him to manufacture many specific tools for adjusting the piano mechanics and repairs. He immediately opens his workshop 52 white and 36 black .

« The 52 whites and 36 blacks of the keyboard set 12,000 pieces in motion. Struck strings make wood vibrate and lo and behold, listen, it’s magnificent! »

In his workshop, he notably completely restored a 19th century Pleyel piano.

The 52 white and 36 black workshop will allow you to discover the interior of the piano and to understand how the 250 strings are calculated to obtain perfect harmony of sound, in particular to see how the bass strings are wound with copper.

Piano maker CFC in 1987