Services

Regulation

Provides a pleasing and responsive touch to your piano keys and action. Regulation involves the fine adjustment of thousands of moving parts of wood, felt, and metal. Over time these parts shift, wear, and compress, and the piano gradually falls out of regulation. Having the piano regulated can restore the proper touch.

Repair and Restoration

Many small repairs can be done on-site, such as fixing or replacing broken parts, broken or missing strings, stuck keys, squeaky pedals, and more. I can also handle some larger repairs in my shop, and if I can't, I will connect you with someone who can.

Humidity Control Systems

Installation and maintenance of systems to stabilize the humidity around your piano, keeping the piano in tune longer and prolonging the instrument's life. I am a certified installer of Piano Life Saver systems, the industry standard humidity control system for pianos.

Tuning

Everyone who plays or listens to a piano should experience the joy of a perfectly in-tune instrument. A piano has approximately 220 strings, each one under an average tension of 160 pounds. A fine tuning consists of making extremely small adjustments to the tension of each string until they are all in relative harmony with one another.

Please note: If your piano is very far out of tune - for example, it has not been tuned in many years - it may require multiple tuning visits before it will stabilize at the proper pitch again.

Voicing

Cleaning

Electric Pianos

I have an interest in vintage electro-mechanical keyboard instruments such as Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric pianos, etc. If you have one of these instruments that needs care, please get in touch with me to discuss.

Adjusting the tone (sound quality) of the piano, most commonly by altering the consistency of the hammer felt. Through voicing we can address issues of a piano's sound being too loud, soft, harsh, mellow, or uneven.

Inspection and Evaluation

Complete evaluation of a piano's current physical condition, with a comprehensive written report. Useful before buying or selling a piano, or to get a sense of your current piano's care needs.

Professional cleaning of your piano, including the keys, action, key bed, soundboard, plate, pedals, and case.

"How often should I get my piano tuned?"

This is the most common question I get.

While there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer to this question, the best answer for most people is twice a year.

This schedule allows us to respond to New England's wild swings in humidity between summer and winter which knock even the heartiest pianos out of tune.

If your piano gets heavy use (e.g. you are a working musician or a piano teacher) or your ear is very sensitive to the tuning, you may choose to have even more frequent tunings. If you don't play much, are less sensitive to the sound of the tuning, or are on a tighter budget, once a year could be enough for you.

I don't recommend tuning less than once a year because pianos that aren't seen regularly by a technician can develop issues that will go unnoticed, and are likely to drift so far out of tune that they will have a more difficult time being brought back into good playing condition.

Here is a list of my most common services. For other inquiries, please contact me.

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