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Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School
Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School

Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe, 70, tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School

Date1/12/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blind Piano Tuner Bill Metcalfe; 70; tunes a grand piano at Bishop Strachan School. Students Peggy Taylor; (left) 16; and Cindy Chow; 17; watch Metcalfe as he listens carefully in his work. Metcalfe; who has been tuning the 16 pianos at school for years; is former vice-president of Ontario Guild of Piano Technicians.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020850F
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