As your Piano Tuner Wilmington DE , I am occasionally asked why the soft (left) pedal on a vertical piano has so little effect. Some background information about pianos will make the answer more...
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As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, Kenneth Keith Piano Services, I often encounter pianos where a piano hammer strikes twice when the key is struck only once. The explanation is useful for all piano...
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As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, Kenneth Keith Piano Services, I’d like to help answer one of the more common questions that I am asked by piano owners. Due to normal wear, piano actions...
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As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, Kenneth Keith Piano Services would like to answer one of the more interesting piano services questions that we are sometimes asked. Every piano technician has...
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This post is the third in a series of posts about the typical maintenance a piano needs, that is in addition to piano tuning. As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I find that many piano owners do not...
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Since all piano instructors have different experience and backgrounds, it’s important to understand how an instructor’s background and teaching skills should perfectly blend together with...
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As your piano tuner DE and Philadelphia, E Shore MD, and So. NJ areas, we are often asked how the left hand piano pedal, or “soft pedal” works. Generally, there are two different ways the...
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On a recent television quiz show, a contestant was asked what was the middle note on a piano. The contestant answered, “Middle C,” and was awarded a correct answer. It is a widely held...
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One of the most commonly mistaken beliefs about pianos is that if a piano has a cracked soundboard, then it is ruined and worthless. While a cracked soundboard is not a great thing , it rarely means...
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