How Would I Go About Getting A Piano Tuned?
Where would I look to find a piano tuner? Our piano is way out of tune, & I’d like to get it tuned– would there be a number in my local phone book?
How does the tuning work, do you have to take the piano apart? We have the piano that isn’t grand or baby grand, I’m not sure what that kind is called. About how much would it cost to get it tuned?
I live in Idaho if that helps.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Call a music store.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:03 am
There are usually listings in the yellow pages for piano tuners. That’s how I found the guy that tunes mine. The price varies depending upon the size of your piano.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Look up the numbers of piano dealerships (or stores that sell musical instruments) & ask if they do tuning. If they don’t, ask if they have contact info for area tuners.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_tunin…
October 14th, 2009 at 8:36 am
There should be some numbers in your phone book. If not, look for numbers of music retailers or music schools. They usually have piano tuners as well. You don’t take the piano apart during tuning. Since you say yours is not baby grand or grand, I’m assuming that it’s an upright piano – those that stand against the wall like a rectangular box. Uprights are cheaper to get tuned than grands or baby grands. The piano tuner will remove the top cover of your piano so the strings inside are visible, then he/she will use something which looks like a spanner (I don’t know what it’s called) to tune the strings., tightening/loosening the screws inside. A good piano tuner should be using a good, sensitive chromatic tuner. If you have someone who tunes by ear (and I’ve had that experience – I only found out that he wasn’t tuning my grand properly after we changed piano tuners & the new one kept saying how out of tune it is when compared against a tuner, though to the human ear it sounds alright), chances are it’s not going to be as accurate & exact as tuning with the help of an electronic tuner, unless you’ve got someone with perfect pitch. And that still doesn’t guarantee that it’ll be as accurate. I don’t live in the US, so I wouldn’t know the rates over there, but over here, it’s about S$80 for decent upright tuning, & anywhere from S$100 – 300 for baby grands & ‘home’ grands (that is, not including those huge concert grands), depending on the size of the piano.