Striking a chord: West Van craftsman sells select instruments globally

Alexander Weimann’s fingers flew over the keys at a recent Vancouver Bach Festival performance, the sound not quite big enough for Christ Church Cathedral’s roomy nave, but the playing exquisite.
The names Turner and Tomlinson, the harpsichord’s builders, were printed above the keyboard, but what most in the audience were probably unaware of were the dozens of architects’ signatures inscribed on the inside, names such as Bing Thom and Arthur Erickson.
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