
Butch Lyon explains the parts under the piano's keyboard and identifies the humidifier/dehumidifier unit installed on this piano, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at Thunder Bay Junior High in Alpena, Mich. A layman might not know it by looking at the outside of a piano, but it is a stringed instrument. And tuning it takes about two hours, a bag full of tools and a trained ear like that of Butch Lyon. Now in his 55th year of professionally tuning pianos, Lyon certainly has a knack for the craft. (Darby Hinkley/The Alpena News via AP)
Featured Photo Galleries


Ship parade kicks off Fleet Week in New York
More than a dozen ships kicked off Fleet Week in New York Wednesday.

Greatest gun-toting movie action heroes
See Hollywood’s best action movie characters

Washington Commanders team name and logo reveal from Fedex Field
Photography: All-Pro Reels


Warriors wanted: Army Green Beret training
See the elite Army Green Beret in training

See Alex Hunter's Sigma Delta Chi award-winning editorial cartoons.
The Washington Times editorial cartoonist won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartoons.

Under the radar: U.S. stealth aircraft
See the stealth aircraft that revolutionized air combat.
Rags to riches: Stars who were once homeless
See the celebrities who were homeless before finding fame

Nowhere to hide: US military's portable anti-material weapons
See the US military’s amazing anti-tank and anti-fortification arsenal

Semper Fi: Famous people you didn’t know were U.S. Marines
See the celebrities you didn’t know served in the United States Marine Corps

Fire from the clouds: US military close air support
See the United States military’s close air support arsenal