PIANO TUNER PIANO TUNING AND PIANO REPAIRS

Serving St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Welland, Port Colborne & the  Niagara Region     

Serving London, St.Thomas, Dutton, West Lorne, Belmont and area   

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If you have 3 or more friends or neighbors with pianos that need tuning in this area, save on prices by having them tuned during the same time period. Must be reasonably close geographically. See contact info above...

If you have 3 or more friends or neighbors with pianos that need tuning in this area, save on prices by having them tuned during the same time period. Must be reasonably close geographically. See contact ino above/

If you have questions or need more information about pianos, we are always glad to help.

Even if you are curious about your pianos age and history we can probably help.

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Several things make pianos go out of tune. Probably the most significant cause is seasonal change in humidity. Being made of wood, which expands and contracts in response to the relative humidity of the environment, the piano soundboard swells and shrinks as seasons change. Playing the piano is also a factor in how long a piano stays in tune. Hard and frequent playing does have an affect on tuning by settling and stretching the strings. The piano tuner attempts to settle the strings solidly while tuning, but pianos with actions that are out of adjustment or pianos with old corroded strings are difficult to settle during tuning. Another reason a piano goes out of tune is from tuning pins which slip. Each string is wound around a steel tuning pin which is driven into a hole in a plank of wood called the pin block. Over the years seasonal fluctuations in humidity may cause the pin block to loosen its grip on the tuning pins. Some remedies exist which may help correct this condition and provide some additional years of use,

A general rule is that the piano should be tuned before it reaches the point of being seriously out of tune. For most pianos in the home this means a tuning every six months to one year. Because pianos with good quality pin blocks and proper tuning go out of tune somewhat evenly-- that is to say, they still may sound relatively in tune with themselves-- the overall pitch is still likely to drop over time even though you may not notice it.. Correcting slight pitch changes with regular tunings is less risky than waiting years and then asking the piano tuner to correct it in one session. The less the overall pitch must be brought up, the less the risk of string breakage, unstable tuning, and structural damage. For pianos used as furniture once every year or two should suffice to maintain the design tension on the instrument. A piano drops in pitch over the years due to seasonal humidity variation, string stretching and playing. A piano which is allowed to go untuned for long periods will be more expensive to bring back up to pitch because of the time involved and the tuning will be more unstable. Pianos in schools, churches, institutions, clubs and performance halls may need to be tuned quarterly or monthly. Pianos for concert use are normally tuned before each performance.