All About Piano Maintenance & Tuning
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A nice yahama guy told me not to used hungry hippo to dehumid the piano. Cos when the ‘hippo’ is full, it will circulate humid air. He suggest usin silicone jel and change them out once in a while
Just to share ways of taking care of yr piano. -
Read fr somewhere star anise will help in dehumidifying, has anyone tried?
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Hi! M looking for qualified piano technician to assess condition n value of 2nd hand piano. Any idea where to find n charges.
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Hi schen,
It's good to know that you have a piano. It's a wonderful instrument! Good pianists will only play well after a thorough understanding about its instruments. Please learn more about yours carefully before you get a technician. Check its history, try to discover it's weakness and let a good pianist have a sonata or two from it.
You could try calling specialist from the web or get a referral from owners here. Just make sure they have the credentials. Fees vary from about 100 onwards. Tunning should done twice a year if played often. Hope you have fun with it as I had with mine. :boogie: -
Hi tattania,
I don’t hav a piano yet wanted to buy one for my boy, n know nothing bat it, so need help -
Hi. Does anyone know of any good piano technician who is capable of doing Piano Voicing on Japanese upright piano ?
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Hi Nickw,
I watched a piano technician from Emmanuel & Sons voice a Grand Piano recently at someone’s home. From what little I understand, any piano technician who can work on grand pianos can do the same with uprights (they all start basic tech training on uprights and then do advanced training on grands). Maybe you can check with Emmanuel & Sons? -
Hi Chattyirena,
Thank you so much for the info. -
Does the regular tuning includes regulating the piano? If not, how much does it cost to regulate? And does all tuner know how to do it?
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Regulating is different from piano tuning. Tuning is just a general maintaining process to keep the piano in tune and in shape (like a yearly health check-up). Regulating is a lot more in depth and professional so un-eveness in tone, touch etc will be checked and rectified. This type of more in depth work is generally done sparingly, perhaps once every 10 years if it is a good piano. Of course, if usage is high then it would be a bit more regular due to wear and tear.