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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...