Matthias Maurer
Piano maker
Puidoux

« The main thing is that the artist feels good. It is a whole to which the tuner belongs like the sound technician or the person at the reception. We all work hand in hand. »

Matthias Maurer apprenticed with Ambrosius Pfaff in Locarno and obtained his CFC as a piano maker in 2002. He perfected his technique and know-how with Steinway & Sons in Hamburg and Bösendorfer in Vienna and worked successively with Hanlet in Paris, Hug in Lausanne, Le Clavier in Montreux.

« I do not consider myself as an artist but as a technician at the service of musicians. It is a technical, manual, very delicate job. A true work of craftsmanship. »

Specialized in tunings and repairs, the workshop that Matthias Maurer opened in 2012 collaborates with renowned pianists, for concerts, recordings and festivals. He is the official tuner of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the RTS, the Lausanne University of Music and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. He is a member of the Swiss Association of Piano Makers and Tuners.

Diploma

2002 CFC of piano maker, Ambrosius Pfaff, Locarno

Connections

RTS. In the belly of the Montreux Jazz pianos, meeting with Matthias Maurer, RTS, Pauline Seiterle, July 10, 2015:
http://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/radio-paradiso/6896627-paradiso-du-10-07-2015.html#6940991

Montreux Jazz Chronicle. From the key to the note, Montreux Jazz Chronicle, Salomé Kiner, July 6, 2014 (p. 11):
http://issuu.com/montreuxjazzchronicle/docs/n3_mjf_chronicle_1_12_web