I haven’t posted in over 2 years, so thought it was about time. So, the question popped in my head today: Why do I love tuning pianos so much? The answer….well…I mulled it over a bit and came up with 10 good reasons. There are certainly many more, but 10 seemed like a good round […]
Category: General
A collection of articles by Richard’s Piano Service related to general piano topics.
If you own a piano more than say 30 yrs. old (and that would likely be a great majority of you) then here’s a great question for you to consider… Has your Piano Action ever been Reconditioned? First you ask…”A Piano Action? What is that? My piano has one of those?” And your next question […]
So, you’ve scheduled tuning, now what? The reason for this post is because even though there is usually not much to do to prepare for the piano tuner’s visit, I am often amazed at how many customers don’t do much, if anything. After all, they usually don’t have to prepare anything for the A/C repairman […]
So, what does lurk inside your piano? Have you ever even seen the inside of your piano? I was thinking a lot about this yesterday as I was designing a new page for my website: www.RichardsPianoService.com/cleaning.html. I’ve come to the conclusion, through many years of servicing pianos, that most customers that I see for the first […]
We all know that musically, as well as for the health of the piano, that it is recommended to have your piano tuned regularly. So, you say…tell me something I don’t know! OK I recently read the following story, told by a well-known piano technician of an experience of his, which serves as an important […]
That’s the short answer. And the long answer is…. Those that read my last blog entry know that I set a date, last Wed, to tune my own piano…so I felt compelled to follow up and say, “Yes”, I in fact did just that. To be quite honest, it had been close to 2 yrs. […]
I’m guilty as charged! Like the old saying…”the pot calling the kettle “black””. I found myself caught the other day staring down the proverbial double barrel, caught red handed, cornered, whatever you want to call it….anyway, my conscience got the best of me and I couldn’t deny it. I have to confess I felt pretty […]
Here’s another good question and the answer will vary slightly depending on what type piano you have and who the manufacturer was. GRAND PIANO PEDALS Typically, on a grand piano, the left pedal is a soft pedal, the center pedal is usually a sostenuto pedal, and the right pedal is always the sustain pedal. […]
Are those “free” pianos that are offered to you really free, and are they usually OK instruments to learn on? That’s the questions I’d like to address in this segment. The answer to both is typically “no”, however, there are always exceptions. First let’s look at why those seemingly good bargains, those too good […]
Generally, your piano should be tuned about once or twice a year. That said, the real answer is …it depends. For example, a once-a-year tuning would never do for a brand new piano, teacher’s piano, practice piano, or concert piano. How often you decide to tune your piano depends on several things, such as: […]