1
: one that tunes
a piano tuner
2
: something used for tuning
specifically
: the part of a receiving set that converts radio signals into audio or video signals
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That paucity of new tuners — there were just six original musicals in the season, and only two were viable candidates for the top award — meant that the Tonys for artistic achievement in musicals mostly went to revivals.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The life of a piano tuner is not glamorous.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Roher and co-writer Robert Ramsay craft a classically structured screenplay about a talented piano tuner who stumbles into a life of crime, upon which Roher, editor Greg O’Bryant, and composer Will Bates embroider jazzy rhythms and inflections, inspired by the musical world our characters inhabit.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The pair play a duo of piano tuners in the new film; Woodall’s character Niki goes to drastic lengths to make money for his mentor after Hoffman’s character Harry lands in the hospital.
—Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The life of a piano tuner is not glamorous.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Roher and co-writer Robert Ramsay craft a classically structured screenplay about a talented piano tuner who stumbles into a life of crime, upon which Roher, editor Greg O’Bryant, and composer Will Bates embroider jazzy rhythms and inflections, inspired by the musical world our characters inhabit.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The pair play a duo of piano tuners in the new film; Woodall’s character Niki goes to drastic lengths to make money for his mentor after Hoffman’s character Harry lands in the hospital.
—Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
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“Tuner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuner. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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tuner
noun
tun·er
ˈt(y)ü-nər 
1
: one that tunes
a piano tuner
2
: something used for tuning
especially
: the part of a receiving set that converts radio signals into sound or pictures
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