All pianos need to be tuned, at least once a year but preferably every 6 months even if the piano isn’t being played regularly. Pianos go out of tune due to the change in temperature and humidity throughout the seasons. Unless you are practicing for 2-4 hours a day it is unlikely you will put the tuning out by playing. The tuning moves because of the way a piano is made and what it is made of. Pianos use living breathing materials and the design of the bridge and soundboard affect the up bearing on the strings. This changes the tension and thus changes the pitch due to temperature and humidity…. In a nutshell!! Concert pitch is A 440hz which we tune all pianos to. Sometimes a piano can’t reach concert pitch because of its age or condition but that doesn’t mean it can’t be tuned, it can usually be tuned to itself or be brought up to pitch gently over 2-3 tunings.
A strong basis of the training has always been as a technician trained for years in repair and restoration; from fully rebuilding grand pianos to sticking broken keys and squeaky pedals. The most beautiful thing about a piano is that they are still made the old way from wood, metal and felt and so you can always work with them and repair them. Sometimes there may not be anything broken, it may just need regulating which means ‘setting back up’. When a piano is played for years the felts. Compress resulting in free play, this is where the key is moving but not the hammer causing bobbling hammers or the note to sound twice. In this situation the action just needs adjusting back to where it was originally when the piano was new, once done the difference in how the keyboard feels and plays can be dramatic. This is a common problem as are the voicing and toning of a piano. Tuning is just one part of the overall sound that you hear, you can change the tone to be warmer or brighter depending on your taste and make the sound louder or softer to match your style. So if your piano isn’t meeting your requirements, maybe with a little bit of work you could feel like you’re playing in the Albert Hall rather than on Uncle Albert’s old piano!!
In the past many years we have established a good client base -including schools, theaters, hotels, embassies and performing artists - in Delhi and surrounding areas.