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Piano Tips
How often should a brand new piano be serviced?
Brand new pianos usually take some time to adjust to the atmospheric conditions of their location. For this reason, new pianos should be tuned at least four times during their first year. Ideally, the piano technician should also regulate the action during each servicing in order to compensate for the adjustment of new action parts to the new climate.
How often should an older piano be serviced?
After the first year of use, a piano should be tuned at the very least once, but preferably two or three times each year, regardless of usage. The reason the piano needs regular tunings is the changes in climate and humidity, as well as usage of the instrument. Not tuning the piano regularly will cause it to become unstable and make future tunings much harder. In fact, it might cost more to repair a neglected piano in the future than to care for it regularly. In addition to tuning, periodic regulation of the action, pedals, and keys is required to keep the piano in good shape. This can be done by the same technician who performs the tuning.
What is the best location to keep a piano?
The best location for any piano is one where sudden changes in atmospheric conditions are minimized. Extreme changes in conditions such as temperature or humidity will cause harm to the piano. For this reason, it is best to keep the piano away from air vents, fireplaces, and radiators. In addition, it is better to keep the piano away from windows and doors which are frequently opened and closed. Since sunlight can damage the finish of a piano as well as the tuning, direct sunlight on a piano should be diffused with curtains or blinds. Overall, the piano should be kept in as stable environment as possible.
What goes into a piano tuning?
There are over 200 strings in a piano, and these strings are stretched at a high tension across a frame. On one end, a string is attached to a hitch pin, and on the other end, it is wrapped around a tuning pin. By turning the tuning pin, a piano tuner can change the tension of a string and therefore change the string's pitch. The piano tuner uses a special kind of socket wrench, called a tuning hammer, in order to adjust the tension of each string to the desired pitch. This is known as a piano tuning. In the United States, pianos are generally tuned to the A-440 standard. The string of the middle A is set to vibrate at 440 hz, and the other strings are adjusted to have a proper relationship to the middle A according to accepted acoustic standards.
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