As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am frequently asked what types of wood are used in a piano. As we said in our previous two articles, there are many kinds of wood that are used in a piano,...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am frequently asked what types of wood are used in a piano. As we said in our previous article, there are many kinds of wood that are used in a piano, depending...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am frequently asked what types of wood are used in a piano. The answer is that there are many kinds of wood that are used, depending on the function of the...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am frequently asked why there are no dampers on the top one and one-half octaves of every piano. There are several reasons for this. Most keys on a piano have a...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am occasionally asked about the possibility of tuning one’s own piano. It is not something that I recommend for several reasons. One reason is that those...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, our last post explained some of the significance of the complexity of piano music. The piano keyboard and the touch-sensitive action of the piano allows for much...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I would like to explain the significance of the complexity of piano music. The piano keyboard and the touch-sensitive action of the piano allows for much more...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, the last blog post was about the function of the repetition lever in the modern piano action. If you have not read that post, this would be a good time to read it,...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, the last two posts were about the maintenance of the piano action. The piano action is all the mechanical portion of the instrument, from the piano keys, up to the...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am occasionally asked if pianos need other maintenance besides tuning. Usually any maintenance that a piano needs involves the “action.” The piano...