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 have often heard of pianists who have extraordinary piano playing abilities. For example, I recently saw a 60 Minutes program about a blind pianist who began...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I often hear from piano students about their lessons and progress. I think some of their reports will be useful to parents in these times. There are a number of...

As your piano tuner Wilmington DE, I have been writing about some of the more common piano repairs that a piano technician performs. So far, we have discussed replacement of bridle straps, piano...

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 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 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, 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...