Invented in 1726 by the Italian Bartolomeo Cristofori, the piano was the first keyboard instrument to play soft and loud hense his name “pianoforte” (piano = soft, forte = loud) It was at first a rather delicate instrument and went through numerous improvement and became the rich and powerful instrument of today. Its complex construction, the science Read the rest of this entry
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The Effect Of Time On Your Piano
Flugelbauer Drop Screw Regulator
Flugelbauer Piano Supply is a fine piano tuning tools maker and supplyer
Piano tuning – voicing techique for the high-use piano
Using steam and other techniques to minimize the need for destructive reshaping of the hammers.
Piano tuning – relocating treble hammers for tone
One simple method to index the location of treble hammers to improve tone
Muting techniques for piano tuning 2
Tuning technique – rubber mutes. A remake of the other video with more close-ups and (hopefully!) better sound
Piano tuning – functional regulating 2
Tuning Jerry Lee Lewis’ piano
Tony Thomas shares a few tips on how to tune The Killer’s keyboard. Also, this video will give you an idea of what it is for a piano tuner to tune a piano in a very noisy environment.
I have myself tuned all the pianos backstage for the Montreal’s 350th anniversary on Notre-Dame Island.
Had to tune 5 acoustic grands, 3 Yamaha CP70, 1 Fender Rhodes while Celine Dion was doing her sound check with a 50,000 Watts sound wall. Boy, that was the most challenging piano tuning gig I have ever done. (Mario Bruneau)
Piano tuning key striker
Hand protection while piano tuning. Key striker options
Piano tuning – soundboard dusting
How to dust the soundboard working between the strings while using a vacuum
Piano tuning Tunelab muteless pitch raise
Using Tunelab for a pocket pc – Spectrum graph allows for pre-tuning without muting the piano

