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How Long Does A Piano Tuning Take?For a professional piano technician, the actual tuning of the piano takes about an hour.  Many technicians include other basic services with a tuning appointment including adjusting the pedals, tightening the bench bolts among other things.  Depending on what is included in the tuning service will determine how much longer the appointment will take.  For those that are trying to tune their own piano and haven't ever tuned before, you sho …

The main sections of parts in an upright piano are:The caseThe KeysThe ActionThe StringsSoundboardThe Pedals and Pedal AssemblyWithin each of these sections are various individual parts. The case will include:Top lidSidesBack and backpostsBottom boardKeybedKneeboardMusic DeskKeyslipThe Keys section will include the keys and the keyframe which has the front rail, balance rail and back rail. The front rail and balance rail both have a set of pins which include one pin on the balance rail …

In today’s article from Howard Piano Industries I will be giving you some ideas, tips, and hints on what to look for when you’re purchasing a used piano. The most common place to look for a used piano is on Craigslist or through other online channels such as Facebook. So, I will go through some of the criteria, because if you are looking for a piano for the first time you might not know what kind of piano you should be looking for based on your budget. The first thing you will need to do is …

Welcome to our introduction on tuning a piano. This will not be a complete course on piano tuning and repair, but it will give you the basics and prepare you to tune your own piano or get you started as a new piano technician. We will focus on using an electronic tuning device in order to tune because I feel that for a beginning tuner it gets you started and can get you to the point of being able to tune a piano and learn some of the hammer techniques, control, setting the pin, and other t …

One of the most common issues in pianos is a sticky or sticking key. This problem could mean many different things as there are various things that could cause what we consider to be a sticking key. This article will go through some of the more common things that you would come across and that would be solutions to fixing a sticking key. It's also not just necessarily always one thing that is causing the problem. This article will walk you through the steps of checking the causes if you h …