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Linda Heath Kolosiej
January 13, 2009
I am not a piano tuner, but was employed at Inventronics in both Lowell & Chelmsford for a # of years. That's a long story. I want to convey my respects to the entire Sanderson family. Dr. Albert Edward was a wonderful, accomplished man in his life & career. There was no one like him. His smiling face & wry sense of humor are never to be forgotten. He was a wonderful family man to his wife Mary, all his children, grandchildren,etc. And on another note, my piano is always tuned by a registered technician who uses a SAT.
Dan Del Fiorentino NAMM Historian
November 25, 2008
Dr. Albert Sanderson, who forever changed the world of piano service technology when he created an electronic tuning device, which has since been a benefit to piano owners and technicians alike, passed away at the age of 80 on November 16, 2008 after a battle with cancer.
He held eight patents for sophisticated piano tuning devices including the revolutionary Sanderson Accu-Tuner, which assists piano turners with speed and accuracy. In 1976, the success of the tuner led to the launching of his company, Inventronics. The Accu-Tuner automatically computes and stores an entire expert-level tuning for a given piano, making it easier and faster to complete the task of tuning.
Dr. Sanderson, who earned his degrees at Harvard in engineering, was elected to the Piano Technicians Guild's (PTG) Hall of Fame in 1993 for contributions to the theory and practice of piano technology. He also received the guilds Golden Hammer Award in 1998 for lifetime service in teaching theory and practice of piano tuning and scale design. During his years with the PTG Al teamed with Jim Coleman (who was also interviewed for the NAMM Oral History program) to develop a test that could be standardized for uniformity and fairness in measuring the skills of a piano tuner.
Dr. Sanderson's NAMM Oral History interview took place on July 5, 2008 in his Carlisle, Mass home. A video clip from that interview has been posted on the NAMM web site in tribute to Dr. Sanderson and his contributions to the music products industry (http://www.namm.org/library/in-memoriam ).
Randy Potter
November 19, 2008
Dr. Sanderson's concepts and inventions blazed a new path in the area of piano service technology that have benefited the lives of piano owners, musicians, music lovers and piano technicians throughout the world for the past 30+ years, and will continue to live throughout the rest of time in the accomplishments of those who follow in his giant footsteps.
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