Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

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75 min. | Feature Documentary

In this age of mass-production and consumption, however, the craftsmen who make them are a dying breed. Note by Note follows the creation of a single Steinway concert grand piano, L1037, from the forest floor to the concert hall. The piano�s complex journey spans 12 months, 12,000 parts, 450 craftsmen, and countless hours of fine-tuned labor. Eloquent musicians (including Harry Connick, Jr., Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Hank Jones, and Lang Lang) audition prospective pianos and share their passions, but the film is at its most gripping when watching a small army of skilled laborers ply their trade in much the same way as their predecessors a century ago.