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Services Piano Services
The need to tune and service a piano depends on how often it is used, where it is located, how old it is, and how it is cared for. Customizing the piano service plan is key. A piano located in your home compared to a grand piano in a concert hall obviously has very different servicing needs. Fred Safei, Registered Piano Technician, can help you care for your piano, regardless of its tuning and servicing needs, the type of piano, and its location (home, church, concert hall, music studio, etc). Fred will provide a complete description of your piano’s maintenance requirements before proceeding with its servicing, so that you are confident in the care it is receiving. To help you better understand your piano’s maintenance requirements, the summaries below, based on the Piano Technician Guild’s website, provide background information on the 7 types of servicing typical for a piano. What you hear
Reasons for Tuning
Service Tuning is the most basic and frequent piano service. Ideally a piano is tuned 2 to 4 times a year. Tuning is the adjustment of the tension of all of your piano's 220 (or more) strings to the correct pitch or frequency. This ensures that notes played in a musical interval (octaves, chords, etc.) will sound in harmony. Because of Fred’s background as a pianist and piano instructor, he is able to use his ear as well as pitch instruments to ensure your piano is correctly tuned. What you hear / see Your piano needs to be regulated when you notice a deterioration of its performance despite regular tuning. Things you may notice include:
Why the deterioration?
Reasons for Regulating Regulation attends to the touch and uniform responsiveness of the pianist, and ensures that the piano is capable of producing a wide dynamic range. Service Regulation means adjusting the piano’s mechanical parts: the action, trapwork and damper systems. The mechanical parts cause strings to sound when keys are played and affect the sound through use of the pedals. Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-regulation.php
What you hear
Reasons
Service Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-pitchRaise.php What you hear
Why the deterioration? A piano's tone changes with use. As the hammers wear and compact, the tone often becomes too bright and harsh, robbing the pianist of the ability to produce a sweet sound. Aging of the piano's strings and structure also can diminish its tone. Service If the tone of the piano is unsatisfactory after tuning, Fred will inspect the action, hammers and strings. If these components are severely worn, major repairs may be required before an improved tone is possible. Voicing involves reshaping the hammers, the use of needles on the hammer felt and / or the application of special softeners or hardeners in order to produce the best sound. Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-voicing.php
Pianos are made primarily of wood. However, being made of wood, your piano is greatly affected by humidity. Seasonal and daily changes in humidity cause wood parts to swell and shrink, affecting tuning stability and touch. Extreme swings in humidity can eventually cause wood to crack and glue joints to fail. Other materials in your piano also are affected by changes in moisture content in the air. The felt and leather parts in your piano's action can change dimension, affecting regulation and friction, or stiffness of the touch. Very high humidity can create condensation on metal parts such as strings, tuning pins and hardware, eventually causing them to rust. Fred can evaluate the environment in which your piano is located, and make recommendations on how to better care for the piano. Steps can include relocating the piano, making efforts to reduce direct sunlight and drafts, and inserting humidity control units. Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-humidity.php Not only is a piano a wonderful instrument, in a home it is often a focal piece of furniture. On stage, the piano captures the attention of the audience by its grandeur and beauty. Caring for your piano requires maintaining its wood finish, ensuring it is in a complimentary climate, and cleaning its keys and pedals. While day-to-day care is straightforward, more advanced care is occasionally required, such as if coffee spills on the keys, the wood cracks due to humidity, or you want to remove old furniture polish. Fred can assess the piano’s finish and either fix the problem or recommend a specialist. He can also discuss regular piano care so that your piano’s beauty lasts well into the future. Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-finishCare.php Reasons for Reconditioning & Rebuilding
Service Fred will examine the piano and decide with you if the appropriate step is reconditioning or rebuilding. Reconditioning is the process of putting your piano back in good condition by cleaning, repairing, and adjusting with replacement parts. If you piano have deteriorated beyond reconditioning, it may need to be rebuilt. Rebuilding involves complete disassembly, inspection and repair as necessary with replacement of all worn or deteriorated parts. The piano is then reassembled, tested and adjusted to the same or similar tolerance and performance as when it was new. Reference: http://www.ptg.org/resources-pianoOwners-rebuilding.php
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