Piano tuning is an art, a craft, and a science.
Tuning a modern piano, whether a grand or a vertical, requires the technician to be properly trained and experienced. Piano technicians, often simply called a piano tuner,must also be able to offer a wide range of services beyond just tuning the piano. My experience and expertise includes tuning and work on both types of modern pianos – grand pianos and vertical pianos. Grand pianos range in size from 5 feet to over 9 feet in length and vertical pianos from spinets around 3 feet high to uprights at almost 5 feet high.
There are upwards of 10,000 parts inside of any
piano.
The technician must be able to regulate, adjust, and
repair all of them. The piano tuner uses unique
listening methods to tune a piano. Starting with a
tuning fork, the technician tunes the entire piano by
setting the pitch of one note and listening to the
intervals to other notes moving up and down the
keyboard in a sequence.
Being
a member of professional organizations is important for
any business owner.
I am a member of the Edgewater (Chicago) Chamber of Commerce
and the Piano Technicians Guild. As an Associate Member
of the Piano Technicians Guild, I have access to the
latest innovations of piano technology and a network of
colleagues that assist each other with technical and
business issues giving my clients the best care
possible.