![]() Piano maintenance costs by service Service Regular maintenance, inspections, and repairs keep a piano in good condition. Larger repairs like action restoration cost $1,000 to $8,000. Piano cleaning and damage prevention cost $100 to $750, depending on the service. DIY piano tuning may lead to damage and is not typically recommended unless a person has previous tuning experience. Piano tuner tool kit prices are $40 to $100 and include a tuning hammer, temperament strip, mutes, and a tuning fork. Piano tuning cost by location City, StateĭIY cost for piano tuning Piano tuner prices Spinet piano tuning costs $100 to $250 because the action on a spinet is different than other pianos and takes longer to tune. Upright piano tuning costs $100 to $200, or the same as other piano types. Piano regulation, or action reconditioning, ensures all the hammers in the piano are striking the strings consistently. Piano regulation costs $200 to $550 for minor jobs, $450 to $3,000 for grand piano regulation, and $300 to $1,700 for vertical piano regulation. ![]() Changes in pitch occur due to age, humidity, or heavy usage. If a piano’s pitch drops, it must be raised by changing the string tension before the piano can be tuned. Piano pitch correction costs $30 to $130, depending on how long the piano has gone without a tuning. Vertical action reconditioning and regulation After all, by that reconing, shouldn't a Stradivarious be considered as old junk too.Grand action reconditioning and regulation Sorry about the rant but it gets on my nerves when I hear them referred to as "Old Junk". I wonder how many of those MDF cased "made in china" pianos will be around and playing in 200 years? Considering it's almost 200 years old & has had no repairs in the past it's held up very well. The hitch rail caping needed replacing and the soundboard had to come out for repairs but that's all straightforward and, most importantly, repairable. The 1815 Broadwood in particular needs no repair on the action other than replacing the worn cloths and regulating the dampers and escapement. I'm in the middle of restoring an 1808 Broadwood and an 1815 Broadwood. And this upright has a very light action compared to most.Īs for repairs, they are much, much easier to repair than a modern instrument. And the keyboard feels like in using one of those old fasioned typewriters where you have to punch the keys. Almost like the soul is gone out of the music. The base is rich without overpowering the treble like a lot of modern instruments do and when I go back to play my modern upright it sounds (although perfectly in tune) brash and clinical in it's pricision. My 1824 Dettmer is incredibly light and responsive, the dampers stop the notes instantly (much better than my modern upright where the notes linger). So much for the recession lol.Īpart from the cost, it's the attitude that anything pre 1930 isn't a "proper" piano. I've phoned around several tuners and most just don't want the work. Why is there such a discrepancy in the prices charged between the UK and Ireland? Any ideas? ![]() For example, I have a friend in the uk who has several square pianos and he was shocked that I was charged €125 for a tuning as his tuner charges £45 (€60?) and tunes for some major opera companies so is excelent. Most tuners I've spoken to won't touch them, not due, it must be said, to lack of tuning skill but rather to their lack of familiarity with them.Īlso, as they need to be tuned at least 4 or 5 times a year, cost is a mojor consideration so someone who will do a good price for a regular customer would be ideal. And hopefully soon there will be an 1816 Broadwood square, 1808 Broadwood square and 1796 Broadwood square to add to that list. ![]() I'm in enniscorthy so someone local would be great but even someone who is willing to travel.Īt the moment I have an 1824 Dettmer square piano and an 1862 Collard & Collard grand piano that need to be tuned. 'The Theory and Practice of Piano Tuning - Capleton' and 'Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding - Reblitz' are two of the bibles on the topic.ĭoes anyone know of a tuner who will happily tune antique pianos. ![]() But if you are interested in learning it as a skill for your own satisfaction then go ahead. Dont try it if your aim is to save money would be my advice - its easy to do more harm than good. But you can make a reasonable stab at it with a bit of study and practice, and reduce the frequency that you need to get a tuner in. Theres a lot more to it to do a good job than seems at first sight. I got into doing my own afew years ago just out of interest for the instrument and the science rather than to save a few quid. €40 - €60 an hour for an occasional trade like that seems quite reasonable, and as posted, is probably what he has to charge to be able to earn a living at it at all, since there just isnt that much demand anymore. For him to get to your house, tune it, and go home, would take a couple of hours at the very best. ![]()
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