As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I am frequently 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...

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 continue the explanation of some of the more common piano repairs that a piano technician performs. In the last article, we discussed replacement of...

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 occasionally asked, “Why should a piano owner bother to tune the piano?” There are several reasons, some concerning the preservation of the...

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 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 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 frequently asked what type of piano maintenance is needed besides tuning. Usually any maintenance that a piano needs involves the “action.” The...

As your Wilmington DE piano tuner, I am frequently asked to give the value of a customer’s piano over the phone. However, it is not possible to give an accurate opinion over the phone, because...