Côté left an indelible mark on popular culture in the province, appearing in a variety of roles in productions including TV’s La Petite Vie and Omertà, and the films Cruising Bar and C.R.A.Z.Y., which earned him Genie and Jutra awards
TURNER The first service call for 86-year-old piano tuner Richard Robitaille was a total nightmare.
“It was a Spinet piano which is the hardest of all pianos to tune, it took all day. I went back home for a snack,” Robitaille said.
That was more than 60 years ago when Robitaille was teaching himself how to tune and repair pianos as a side gig while working in shoe factories in his hometown of Lewiston.
To this day, Robitaille avoids Spinets if he can as he explained that the design is so compact that it’s nearly impossible to fit tools and fingers between springs and actions, (the hammers that hit the strings when a key is played).