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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins 25 secs Credits: Jack Stoddart, Norman Stoddart, Florence Stoddart Genre: Comedy
Subject: Arts/Culture
Summary A short comedy sketch produced by Jack Stoddart and features his parents Norman and Florence Stoddart who were both members of The Peoples Theatre in Newcastle. The film tells the story of a singer and pianist who argue of the correct pitch or sound of a key on the piano. A Piano turner appears attempting to tune the key correctly, but nether women are happy. The film ends with the tuner appearing to re-tune the piano to the vocal range of the singer.
Description
A short comedy sketch produced by Jack Stoddart and features his parents Norman and Florence Stoddart who were both members of The Peoples Theatre in Newcastle. The film tells the story of a singer and pianist who argue of the correct pitch or sound of a key on the piano. A Piano turner appears attempting to tune the key correctly, but nether women are happy. The film ends with the tuner appearing to re-tune the piano to the vocal range of the singer.
Title: The Piano Tuner
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A short comedy sketch produced by Jack Stoddart and features his parents Norman and Florence Stoddart who were both members of The Peoples Theatre in Newcastle. The film tells the story of a singer and pianist who argue of the correct pitch or sound of a key on the piano. A Piano turner appears attempting to tune the key correctly, but nether women are happy. The film ends with the tuner appearing to re-tune the piano to the vocal range of the singer.
Title: The Piano Tuner
Standing beside an upright piano a singer performing, sitting at the piano an older woman played by Florence Stoddard who appears to be long-sighted as she leans in closely to the musical sheets in front of her. The pianist stops playing and picks up the musical sheet showing it to the singer, they both point a key on the piano. They both look inside the piano at the offending key and begin to argue. The singer begins to perform again but soon stops as the two women begins to argue again about the key.
A man, the piano tuner played by Norman Stoddart, sits at the piano looking at the keyboard, the two women argue around him about the out of tune key. The piano tuner removes the cover of the piano and tunes the key using a mouth-organ as a tuning-fork. He then takes a hammer to the offending key before trying to adjust it to match the vocal range of the singer. The film ends with him looking inside her match using a ruler and match.