Archive for 'piano service'

Flugelbauer Drop Screw Regulator

Thursday, October 11th, 2012 at 18:04  
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Flugelbauer Piano Supply is a fine piano tuning tools maker and supplyer

Grand Piano Cleaning

Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 00:23  
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Demonstration on how to clean your grand piano. This video depicts the 3 major areas you as a grand piano owner can clean.

Piano tuning – string leveling

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 22:57  
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Focusing tone using string leveling on a grand piano. Piano tuning basics

How important is regularly tuning a piano?

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 19:49  
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I have a barely-played 1972 Wurlitzer piano which I believe was tuned only once in 1980.

Is it possible to have it tuned properly at this point, or is it beyond the point of no return?

Piano tuning wire splice

Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at 16:47  
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A very good video showing how to tie a knot in piano wire. It is a tutorial using soft iron wire for practice.  For advance piano technicians, not for the DIY type of person how is just starting to learn how to tune their own piano.

This person is very knowledgeable.  Good training video for advance piano tuner-tech.

Piano-Bridge Notching Flugelbauer Style

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 20:49  
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Watch Dr. Flugel, (aka John Ross Wilson RPT) from Flugelbauer Piano Supply, notch a piano bridge to perfection–WARNING–don’t try this at home.

This is very generous from Mr. Wilson.  He gives us permission to enter his shop.

Notice he does a first “rough” run with a powered sanding tool and finishes with a last run with the power tool but with more precision.  Also at the end, he uses a wood chisel to finish by hand.

Building a piano bridge is a very delicate work.  Keep in mind that Mr. Wilson is cutting out from rock solid maple wood.  His cutting chisel must be perfectly sharpened.

Thanks Mr. Wilson.

Flugelbauer Drop Screw Regulator

Thursday, July 7th, 2011 at 13:52  
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Flugelbauer Piano Supply presents the Flugelbauer Drop Screw Regulator.  Yet another great tool from Flugelbauer Piano Supply.

Piano tuning – fine tuning

Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 14:45  
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Fundamentals of fine tuning during piano tuning

How often do you tune your piano?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 01:01  
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I’m not asking how often I SHOULD, I know how often I should… But I’m more wondering how often you tune yours?

Mine sat in a storage until for about 12 years until I bought it and moved it in to my home. To my shock it was still almost in tune and didn’t require a drop tune.

Anyway, I’ve been slacking on the tunes and am considering waiting until spring to tune it again.

How long do you go between tunes?
Holy crow!!!! 54 and 86??? And I thought I was slacking.

I have no idea how long mine went without being tuned before it ended up in the storage unit. There was no service card. But I think it was well cared for because it belonged to a music teacher.