LearnJazzPiano.com archives: piano tuning questions

onimousomnibus -- 07/06/2005, 07:12:13 -- #16209

Hi everbody...an old upright piano has been donated to my cause by some benevolent shopkeepers in my town.  I was thinking of tuning it myself.  As I have never done this, any advice would be extremely benificial to me.  I am probably gonna buy  a tuning kit with the tools and a chromatic pitch reader.  If anybody has any recomendations on what to get, or simply has good info on piano tuning it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

7 -- 07/06/2005, 08:38:23 -- #16215

In the Piano Tech room here, there's a PDF article on that very subject.

Scot -- 07/06/2005, 09:20:17 -- #16217

Also, you may want to post your message there. The local piano tech pro doesn't have time to browse the site, he only goes to the piano tech room.

onimousomnibus -- 07/06/2005, 10:32:11 -- #16225

thanks for the info

SolArt -- 07/06/2005, 15:11:50 -- #16228

Also enter "piano tuning" into the "Search LJP" search engine.

Pianotech -- 07/12/2005, 11:18:13 -- #16430

Hi onimousomnibus, A chromatic tuner will do an ok job in setting the temperment. (first octave) I would suggest you use the tuner to set the notes f below middle c to f above middle c.  It won't be perfect, but it will be close enough.  After that, you can just tune the octaves and the unisons.  The piano will sound good.  The hard part of tuning is not hearing the notes, (many people have great ears) but setting the tuning pins so they will hold.  This takes years of tuning.  Well, I hope this helps. Pianotech

shrock -- 07/12/2005, 13:49:09 -- #16439

How much does it cost to get your piano tuned?

sdm -- 07/13/2005, 11:03:49 -- #16488

I pay 80 bucks.  Well worth it.

onimousomnibus -- 07/18/2005, 15:01:13 -- #16672

thanks for the advice, maybe ill just spring for the 90$

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