"When all of our music is created by robot, acoustic instruments 
will become dinosaurs and the grand piano will be Tyrannosaurus Rex. 

At a working piano farm in The Bronx, dedicated luthiers give life to 
beautiful monsters, a whimsical piano tuner trains hammers and strings 
to sing, and a few philosophical movers put their backs into a 
ton of music. Jarred Alterman's "Mott Music" gives voice to these 
charmingly eccentric craftsmen-as-curators who practice a painstaking 
trade as old as the piano itself."

David Poe - davidpoe.com

Once a part of the J.L. Mott Iron Works in the 1880’s, now Beethoven Pianos is a place of piano restoration. Spend time with a crew Dedicated to a craft on the threat of extinction. Listen to the philosophies of old school belly men and piano voicers who speak out in a world absorbed with technology and electric instruments.

Filmed on High Definition, Mott Music blurs the boundaries defining documentary filmmaking. A combination of hand held camera work capturing the raw emotions of factory life with slow moving dolly shots floating through factory walls, Jarred Alterman’s short film is a unique interpretation of the documentary format.

THE CHARACTERS

THE CREW

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