Servicing your piano....
Servicing a piano involves making various adjustments to the mechanism and keyboard parts to gain optimum performance.
Servicing your piano is separate to a tuning, and should
be carried out every 2-3 years.
If your piano does not play, or cannot be tuned properly, it will need to be serviced.
If a note is not working, it will need to be repaired first, then adjusted, then tuned.
We can also adjust the tone of your piano for a warmer sound.
Servicing your piano is separate to a tuning, and should
be carried out every 2-3 years.
If your piano does not play, or cannot be tuned properly, it will need to be serviced.
If a note is not working, it will need to be repaired first, then adjusted, then tuned.
We can also adjust the tone of your piano for a warmer sound.
Where inside is your piano serviced....?
1. This area is where your piano is tuned - recommended every six months.
The tuning pins are turned by a lever to put your piano back in tune.
2. The grey area is the mechanism ~ where your piano is
mostly serviced and maintained (regulated).
A well - regulated piano mechanism also ensures that the
tuning work goes smoothly.
For more information about servicing your piano, please contact me.
(Image showing an upright piano interior)
PIANO TUNING PROBLEMS?
If the piano mechanism is not working properly, this will affect the overall result of the tuning - and further service work or repairs may be required before the piano tuning can be improved (or in some cases, finished off). A separate appointment would be required to service your piano. Some aspects of service work are linked to repairs and tuning - here is an example >>
"Middle C is always out of tune, and sounds horrendous"
(Tuning visit 1): Single tuning pin is loose and will not stay in tune. Attempt to drive the pin in a little for more torque.
Re-tune the offending string with the other two strings.
(Repair visit 2): Tuning pin loose / pin driven in previously during "Tuning visit 1" / won't stay in tune.
1. Mechanism removed. 2. String lowered of tension. 3. Larger tuning pin replaced on old string. 4. String tuned.
If the existing old strings will re-tune during visit 2, it will need to be tuned again in a few days.
If an old "treble" string breaks during visit 2, it can be replaced, and will require a series of separate tunings, or the new string can be muted off until the next tuning visit.
If an old "bass" string breaks during visit 2, the string will need to be sent away for a new bass string to be made.
Visit 3: Fit new bass string & pre-tune, followed by several top-up tunings if needed.
If a piano tuning is only partly successful, this could be a number of things stopping the tuning from completion.
Here are some example symptoms - which require either a repair or service first (or combination of both) >>
1. Loose tuning pin or a series of loose pins (as above).
2. Missing or faulty strings. (Repair)
3. "Ringing on" dampers (particularly over-damped pianos) (Service)
4. Sticking keys / slow returning hammers or undercarriages & jacks (Service)
5. Hammers striking the wrong strings, or missing one of the 3 treble strings (Service)
6. Mechanism undercarriages collapse/ multiple bridle tapes break (Main repair + Service)
7. Broken parts (e.g. Hammer shank, flanges) - (repair)
The tuning pins are turned by a lever to put your piano back in tune.
2. The grey area is the mechanism ~ where your piano is
mostly serviced and maintained (regulated).
A well - regulated piano mechanism also ensures that the
tuning work goes smoothly.
For more information about servicing your piano, please contact me.
(Image showing an upright piano interior)
PIANO TUNING PROBLEMS?
If the piano mechanism is not working properly, this will affect the overall result of the tuning - and further service work or repairs may be required before the piano tuning can be improved (or in some cases, finished off). A separate appointment would be required to service your piano. Some aspects of service work are linked to repairs and tuning - here is an example >>
"Middle C is always out of tune, and sounds horrendous"
(Tuning visit 1): Single tuning pin is loose and will not stay in tune. Attempt to drive the pin in a little for more torque.
Re-tune the offending string with the other two strings.
(Repair visit 2): Tuning pin loose / pin driven in previously during "Tuning visit 1" / won't stay in tune.
1. Mechanism removed. 2. String lowered of tension. 3. Larger tuning pin replaced on old string. 4. String tuned.
If the existing old strings will re-tune during visit 2, it will need to be tuned again in a few days.
If an old "treble" string breaks during visit 2, it can be replaced, and will require a series of separate tunings, or the new string can be muted off until the next tuning visit.
If an old "bass" string breaks during visit 2, the string will need to be sent away for a new bass string to be made.
Visit 3: Fit new bass string & pre-tune, followed by several top-up tunings if needed.
If a piano tuning is only partly successful, this could be a number of things stopping the tuning from completion.
Here are some example symptoms - which require either a repair or service first (or combination of both) >>
1. Loose tuning pin or a series of loose pins (as above).
2. Missing or faulty strings. (Repair)
3. "Ringing on" dampers (particularly over-damped pianos) (Service)
4. Sticking keys / slow returning hammers or undercarriages & jacks (Service)
5. Hammers striking the wrong strings, or missing one of the 3 treble strings (Service)
6. Mechanism undercarriages collapse/ multiple bridle tapes break (Main repair + Service)
7. Broken parts (e.g. Hammer shank, flanges) - (repair)
Assembly of a grand piano mechanism ....
Securing the mechanism
This is the mechanism and keyboard taken out of a
new grand piano. To ensure that all the workings and
moving parts operate correctly, they must be adjusted
at regular intervals.... this is separate to a piano tuning.
Final checks ....
Kawai GM10 Grand Piano mechanism
Once the mechanism is mounted onto the keyboard,
further regulation tests are done to ensure the piano plays perfectly.
The whole mechanism is then installed back into the piano for
further tests, then the piano is tuned.
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