As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am often asked what makes a high quality piano different from a lesser quality piano. Often, the underlying question is whether it is better to buy an inexpensive...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am often asked about some of the more common piano repairs that a piano technician performs. In the last article, I discussed loose tuning pins. In this article I...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I wanted to explain some of the more common piano repairs that a piano technician performs. In this article, we will discuss, bridle straps, and piano hammers. The...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am often asked to tune a piano after it has been moved. When I arrive, I often find a piano that has not been tuned in years, and therefore needs more than a...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am often asked, “Why should a piano owner bother to tune the piano?” There are several reasons, some concerning the preservation of the instrument,...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am occasionally asked about ivory keys on an older piano. Our previous article discussed the structure of ivory keys and this article will discuss proper care if...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am occasionally asked what types of wood are used in the construction of a piano. This is the fourth of four articles on the subject. As we said in our previous...

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 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...