When I tune a piano I create piano “tone.” This means, that in addition to making the piano sound right, I minutely adjust each note so that all 88 notes couple together as a consonant resonating whole. This coupling allows the piano’s voice to “bloom.”

This is a very fine style of tuning. The technique was developed for fine concert grand pianos. However, it works wonders on ANY piano, be it a grand piano, upright piano, console or spinet. I use this technique whenever I tune, grand or spinet, because my goal is for a piano — your piano — to sound as good as it possibly can.

I would love to show you how nice I can make your piano sound!

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The time to tune your piano is when it still sounds relatively nice.

The closer to “in tune” your piano stays, the more stable the tuning becomes. This means the crisp, consonant sound of a fine tuning lasts longer when a piano is not allowed to stray too far from “in tune.” For this reason, I recommend a well played and loved piano be tuned at least twice a year.

Less used pianos often get a single tuning each year. This annual tuning will keep the pitch from slipping, but tuned once a year, fine tunings will hold for a shorter period of time, compared to pianos tuned twice yearly.

Pianists with a very discerning ear and professional or dedicated amateur practice schedule often request 3 to 4 tunings per year.

Whichever tuning schedule you prefer, be it once, twice or four times per year, Damppchaser humidity control system helps the piano maintain and stabilize tunings.

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