Piano Tuning - essential maintenance work!
Piano tuning - The sound on a Piano is produced when the hammers strike the strings causing them to vibrate. These strings are kept at an appropriate tension to produce the correct sound. But over a period of time, due to various factors, the tension in these strings changes causing the sound produced to be slightly different from what it should be.
This happens in other string instruments as well like Guitar, Violin etc. When this happens, you say that your instrument has gone out of tune. You will then need to tune it to make your instrument playable again.
Tuning – What does it do?
Piano tuning is an essential maintenance work that needs to be carried out regularly to keep your Piano’s sound in good health. Tuning restores the tension in the strings to the correct levels and ensures good sound quality. If you do not tune your piano regularly, it will result in the degradation of the sound quality over time and your piano may need major repairs.
How often
In general, tuning your Piano every six months will keep it in good shape but you may have to do it a few more times depending on other factors as mentioned below.
• In general, tune twice a year
• Tune when the temperature is not too cold nor too cold
• Depending on the temperature and humidity in your room, the Piano may go out of tune at shorter durations
• When you move to a new place, give your piano some time to adjust to the new environment before tuning, say a couple of months.
• Haven’t tuned your Piano for a long time (over a year)? You may have to tune it more than once before returning to your normal tuning schedule.
Piano technician
Tuning the piano is an entirely different skill-set and should be left to the piano technician unless you are trained to do tuning. You might actually end up paying more! Finding a technician is not a big deal but you still need to do some checks to ensure that person has the experience to carry out a decent job. Here are some tips to find a good Piano technician.
• Compare the technician’s price with others
• Find out how long the technician has been tuning
• Is he familiar with the model and make of your piano?
• Get references from customers and dealers
• Is the technician affiliated to any professional organization?
• Is he skilled in doing repairs besides tuning
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