Piano Tuning
Call A Piano Tuner Professional
The piano is one of only a half dozen instruments that are not tuned by the player every time it is used. Violists, Cellists and Guitarists do not have to call a tuner, but pianists, piano owners and piano teachers have to find a tuner / technician to maintain their instruments.
The piano tuner professional understands the main enemy of piano tuning and overall piano health is humidity / temperature changes, others would be surprised to discover the second enemy of piano health, and longevity is lack of service.
Nobody is playing ~ why have it tuned?
Even if no one is playing your piano, the weather is playing it 24 hours everyday and it should be tuned regularly.
With over 20 tons of string pressure, pianos are designed to be maintained at A440 standard pitch and when a piano is allowed to go off-pitch the curvature of the soundboard changes and the whole structure of the piano shifts. As you can imagine, this bending and shifting is not productive for the health of your piano.
Preventive maintenance is another reason a piano should be tuned, even if the customer doesn’t care how badly and inharmonic the piano sounds when out of tune. Like so many things in life, piano problems often develop over time. The watchful eye of the piano tuner can help to avoid thousands of dollars in repair and potentially avoid losing all value.
We all know people who have “rolled the dice” with their pianos by not having them tuned for years. To take such a gamble with instruments that cost thousands of dollars just to avoid the price of a couple tunings each year seems counterproductive. And certainly only use a piano tuner who is a skilled professional.
From Steinway & Sons:
Tuning is an art practiced by skilled professionals and under no circumstances should anyone other than a professional be allowed to try to tune your Steinway piano.
Scheduling Your Piano Tuner
How often should you schedule appointments with your piano tuner?
Let’s ask the people who make pianos.
Read what piano manufactures say
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If your area is not listed above, it is possible I still might be able to schedule a piano tuning appointment in your area. Give me a call so we can make arrangements.
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Piano Action Regulation
Piano action regulation is an often overlooked piano maintenance.
From the Piano Technicians Guild:
… It’s important to note that tuning is only the adjustment of the system of strings and pins that determines the pitch of each string. Your piano also requires a periodic servicing called regulation…
What is piano regulation and how does it affect my piano’s performance?
Regulation is the adjustment of the mechanical aspects of the pianos to compensate for the effects of wear, the compacting and settling of cloth, felt, and buckskin, as well as dimensional changes in wood and wool parts due to changes in humidity…
… The action is the mechanical part of the piano that transfers the motion of the fingers on the keys to the hammers that strike the strings. It is comprised of over 9,000 parts which require adjustment to critical tolerances to be able to respond to a pianist’s every command…
Regulating a Grand Piano
Every note in a grand piano has more than 35 points of adjustment.
Regulating a Vertical Piano
Every note in a vertical piano has over 25 points of adjustment.
Have your piano tuner regulate your piano every two to five years. You will be surprised at how your piano should have responded all these years.
Piano Repair
Skillful Repair Creates Happy Customers
One advantage of this business is being able to pick between in-home piano services / maintenance and or shop rebuilding. Since being shut away in a piano repair shop all day is not my desire, I have focused on creating happy customers in their homes.
Whatever in-home service or repair your piano requires, I will direct my many years of experience towards creating the most pleasing musical experience possible.
Sticking Keys
If you are having a problem with sticking keys it is a good idea to write down exactly which key is problematic.
The simplest way to record which key is sticking is to start numbering the “C’s” starting from the lowest: C1, C2, C3… etc…
The highlighted keys above would be recorded as D#1, G2, A#3, B5, and F#7
Avoiding Piano Repair Pitfalls
I hope, your piano does not require extensive rebuilding repair. However, if you do need such repair services, I can consult with you about the best approach and help avoid pitfalls.
How often should a piano be tuned?
The following is offered as a piano tuning guide. After all, who would know better, when you should tune your piano than the people who make pianos?
Piano Manufacturers Recommend…
Steinway & Sons
Humidity Affects Piano Tuning
… Unfortunately, no matter how expertly a piano is tuned, atmospheric variations, particularly humidity, and the nature of the piano’s construction constantly conspire to bring it off pitch.
Steinway Recommendations For Piano Tuning
Your Steinway piano has been designed and built so that in normal use and under normal conditions it should need only periodic tuning. We recommend that your tuner be called at least 3 or 4 times a year. You, however, are the final judge and should have the piano tuned as often as you think necessary. To put the matter of tuning into perspective, remember that a concert piano is tuned before every performance and a piano in a professional recording studio, where it is in constant use, is tuned 3 or 4 times each week as a matter of course.
Baldwin
New Pianos Need More Frequent Tuning
In the first year, … have your piano tuned four times. This is a period of environmental adjustment for a new instrument and proper attention is important.
After the first year, the piano should be tuned at least twice each year depending upon the frequency of use and atmospheric conditions. … arrange for a reputable technician to service your piano regularly.
Yamaha Piano
The Importance Of Regular Piano Tuning
Why schedule regular service? … Regular service will keep your piano’s performance (and your enjoyment) at its peak level. It will also correct “progressive” problems early, before they turn into costly repairs. For these reasons Yamaha strongly recommends that you adopt a schedule of regular service for your piano.
Your Piano Tuner Should Be Scheduled At Least Twice A Year
… The strings need to be tuned a minimum of twice a year to restore them to their proper tension.
Boesendorfer Piano
Bosendorder Recommends Calling Your Piano Tuner 2 or 3 Times A Year
Climatic factors such as temperature or humidity changes may cause the precise tuning of your piano to vary. Also naturally over time the tuning will alter due to the tensions the strings are constantly under.
If your piano receives normal use, we advise you to have your instrument tuned 2 or 3 times a year. Instruments which are being used more frequently, such as concert halls and recording studios, are being tuned before each concert or recording session.
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