Listen UP! Episode 1: A One-Man Piano Rescue League

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Dan Crawford has been in the piano-tuning business for 50 years. He still has some of the same clients he started with back in 1966. Using his pin setter to tighten the strings on his player piano. Photo by Avery Gregurich

Hosts: Courtney Fishman and Mariah Lewis | Guest: Avery Gregurich

Facing so many enemies in today’s world — including vacuums, radios and even Elton John — pianos needed a champion. In central Iowa, their defender is Dan Crawford. At 67, Crawford has tuned and collected pianos for the past half-century. UP’s Avery Gregurich spent time with Crawford and appeared on the first episode of Listen UP! with hosts Mariah Lewis and Courtney Fishman.

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