So, today’s question….”is it really necessary to be completely quiet while the tuner is tuning my piano?” After all, the tuner is making quite a racket. With all the pounding of notes and all the noise they’re making, surely it doesn’t matter, right? I don’t have to be quiet when the A/C guy comes to […]
Category: Tuning
A collection of articles by Richard’s Piano Service related to piano tuning.
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 […]
Pianos are intended to be tuned at A-440, a standard pitch, and if the piano hasn’t been kept in tune regularly, then over time it will gradually slip in pitch. Once this happens, the strings will need to be tightened back to their proper tension before the piano can be fine tuned. We call this […]
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 […]
Another great question that I mostly addressed in my second post in the section titled: Shouldn’t a good “master tuning” last for several years? That article gives a good explanation of what is happening inside the wood when it is subjected to moisture changes. However, in addition to the information there, I want to focus […]
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: […]
“Does my piano tuner have to play so loudly when tuning? Is he deaf? Can he not hear what he’s playing, for crying out loud? Is he going to hurt my piano by playing so hard? Maybe I ought to call someone else who can hear better and tune more softly.” These are great questions […]
Today’s topic will attempt to answer what may seem to most like a silly question, as the answer seems so obvious. However, I get asked this question from time to time, so let’s try to sort it out. Keep in mind that we could write books about each of the three processes, so today we’re […]