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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The life of a piano tuner is not glamorous.
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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
The distributor plans a moderate national expansion to about 375 screens (exact number still TBD) next week to let world of mouth percolate for the popular TIFF-premiering heist thriller by Daniel Roher about a piano tuner (up-and-comer Leo Woodall) who strays into safecracking.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 May 2026
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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
The distributor plans a moderate national expansion to about 375 screens (exact number still TBD) next week to let world of mouth percolate for the popular TIFF-premiering heist thriller by Daniel Roher about a piano tuner (up-and-comer Leo Woodall) who strays into safecracking.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 May 2026
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“Tuner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuner. Accessed 10 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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