High Quality Tuning & Repairs Service
The piano is the king of all instruments - you can play it loudly, you can play it softly, you can play it slowly or you can play it quickly. You have an orchestra at your fingertips. You can create music, have fun, impress, convey emotion… but all this is much more enjoyable if your piano is in tune!
We are here to tune your piano. Keeping your piano in tune is very important for a number of reasons:
When learning the piano the most important sense that children rely on is the sense of sound. If a child attends a piano lesson where the teacher's piano is tuned to the correct pitch, only to return home where they play on a piano that is out of tune, their learning would be impaired. They might even be discouraged and lose interest in the piano. To assist your learning or that of your child, keep your piano tuned.
Music is very enjoyable when playing with others. For example, imagine a small band of instruments of including a piano. If the piano is at a different pitch than the other instruments, or voices, what could be beautiful becomes a cacophony. Keeping the piano in tune avoids this.
Pianos are made to be at concert pitch. The wood and steel has been made to withstand extreme levels of stress. This stress can be altered by the constantly and gradually reducing tension (or pitch) in the piano strings. The reduction of the tension in each string is to be expected and will always happen due to a number of reasons, most common of which is the environmental extremes in heat and humidity. This tension is needed to keep the piano in tune, and the piano must therefore be tuned frequently to keep its concert pitch. Protect your pianos longevity by keeping it in tune.
A piano that is tuned regularly is far more valuable than a piano that has been poorly maintained. With new pianos starting in price from around £2000 it is a sensible idea to look after such a valuable investment. Look upon your piano not just as a musical instrument but also as an investment, and keep it in tune.
Pianos often need more than a piano tuning service. Piano repairs can be for many different reasons, every piano is different in construction, the use it gets, and the environment it's in. Only our expertise in pianos and the correct materials for individual repairs should be utilised.
While a piano may seem like a simple instrument to operate, it has more than 12,000 parts, 10,000 of which are moving. If a glue joint breaks, a center pin (the pin that parts hinge on) becomes loose or tight, action felt swells or action felt wears out, the result will be sloppy, sluggish, sticking, non responsive notes. These can only be remedied with careful and expert repair by one of our piano technicians.
A standard piano has about 230 strings, each of which has about 165 pounds of tension. The combined tension of the strings is more than 18 tons. For the concert grand piano, that number increases to more than 30 tons. Strings can break under usage, or simply under the stress of tension. Each individual piano has custom sized strings made specifically for its own construction and scaling design. Replacing strings with the wrong gauge will result in poor tuning stability, bad sound production, and reduction in the piano's financial value.
Piano keys were originally made from ivory, thus the origin of the phrase, 'tickle the ivories'. This lasted until the 1950s, when cost and environmental concerns caused piano makers to switch to plastic keys. The glue that binds the ivory and plastic to the wood can become loose over time depending on the usage and the climatic conditions the piano has been kept in, resulting in the key top falling off. This is an easy repair with the correct piano know-how and materials.
Most damage to pianos is due to keeping the piano in the wrong climate conditions. For instance, the piano may be experiencing a temperature or humidity that is too high or too low. These conditions have a bearing on how well the parts of the piano stay together, how well the parts work, how well ultimately the pianos work and how enjoyable it is to play.
We are experts in repairing any part of the piano. We can supply and fit the correct materials for your piano using the correct tools and methods known only to the most experienced piano technicians. Incorrect materials and repairs will only affect the playability of your piano and the pianos value. Call us now if you have any piano repair issues.
We are here to help you with all you piano needs. We will keep your playing to its optimum and keep your music playing the rewarding and exhilarating experience it should be. Call us today to discuss how we can help you with your piano. We cover all areas in and around Stoke-on-Trent including Congleton, Cheadle, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Sandbach, Crewe, Nantwich, Market Drayton, Newport, Stafford, Uttoxeter, Ashbourne, Hanley, Tunstall, Burslem, Kidsgrove, Church Lawton, Telford, Shrewsbury and other areas close by.