My Services

As a piano technician, I can tune, regulate and voice your piano and make needed repairs. Individual situations will vary, but during a tuning appointment I will generally perform the following:
• Assess the condition of your piano
• Ask about any concerns with the instrument’s condition or operation
• Recommend any adjustments or repairs that may be [...]

Protect Your Investment

The Piano Life Saver is a piano humidity control system. It keeps your piano in tune and prevents damage from climate and environmental effects, giving you professional performance level tonal quality and keyboard control.
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Tuning

To tune your piano, the tension of each string must be adjusted so that it vibrates at the correct pitch and sounds in harmony when musical intervals are played. There are over 200 strings in a piano with the combined pull of all strings equaling between eighteen and thirty tons. This high tension means that [...]

Regulation

Regulation is the adjustment of the mechanical components of your piano. A piano is made up of a harp and a mechanism that strikes the strings of the harp, which is called the action. Te action mechanism is made up of the keys and a system of moving parts that translates the movement of the [...]

Voicing

Voicing is the adjustment of the piano’s quality of sound or tone. The technician will voice the piano to ensure the tone is even from the lowest to the highest notes. A piano’s tone will change with use. As the hammers wear and compact, the tone will often become too harsh. Before having a piano [...]

Common Repairs

Sticking Keys

Sticking keys are most common in new pianos. Changes in humidity that occur during shipping can cause keys to stick. Sticking keys can also show up in older pianos when the wood and felt swell with very high humidity in the middle of the summer or when the wooden keys shrink in low humidity [...]