When perfectly tuned, a piano produces the most beautiful sound that can fill a room with laughter, love, and amazement. Whether your piano is a showpiece, a hobby, or your career, you need to have it tuned regularly. Every pitch and every frequency that you hear when you play happens because of the precision tuning of the strings. The average piano has 220 strings that should be fine-tuned.
If you want to produce thundering low notes and sweet high notes, tuning your piano is important. Take five minutes to read the following points that will highlight some of the reasons why piano tuning is crucial.
Moving And Tuning
Your piano doesn’t have to stay in one place. You may want it at a studio, or perhaps you need it for an event. You may even need it moving from one side of the room to the other. If so, the last thing you should do is attempt to move it yourself. If you need to move your piano before you tune it, you’ll need the help of professional piano movers. Pianos are incredibly heavy, about 800 lbs., yet so delicate at the same time. The tremendous weight of a piano coupled with its unusual shape makes them hard to move. One wrong move could irreparably damage your piano.
Take the time to find a reputable piano moving company that can take your prized possession from A to B efficiently but safely. A reputable company will treat your piano as if it is their own. A regular moving company will most likely treat it as an object that needs moving quickly so they can maximize their profits. Remember, we can help you with this at JB Piano.
Be sure to allow plenty of time for your piano move and that it’s in a position to be moved. If your piano has broken parts, it’s best to have them fixed first to prevent further damage.
The Benefits Of Regular Tuning
Inexperienced pianists may not understand why it’s so important to have their piano tuned regularly. On average, you should tune your piano 2 times a year. However, if you expose your piano to higher levels of humidity, it may need tuning 4 to 6 times a year. Here are some of the benefits of having your piano regularly tuned:
Better Sound Quality
Playing the piano is all about the sounds that you produce. From the delicate notes to the bold and powerful, every note makes an impact. The more often you have your piano tuned, the better it’s going to sound.
As you play your piano, the strings begin to stretch, which alters the sound produced. Constantly playing the piano with overstretched strings can cause damage that’s expensive to repair and impairs the sound quality.
If your piano hasn’t had a tuning before, a professional piano tuner may choose to tighten the strings more than they usually would to bring the piano to a higher pitch. Don’t worry; the overcompensation will gradually reduce and brings the piano to the pitch that it should be. If this is the technique used, you must book in for follow-up appointments as more tension is placed on the strings.
Preservation
Pianos hold their value for years, if not gain value when looked after properly. Having your piano regularly tuned helps to preserve the quality of the strings, and in turn, the sound produced. Although you’re unlikely to do irreparable damage to your piano strings if you don’t have them tuned, you will find it settles at a lower pitch.
This is when a professional tuner may decide to use a pitch correction technique by overtightening the strings to raise the pitch in the hope that it settles to what it should over time. That’s why you should always book a follow-up to ensure the strings settle at the correct pitch.
It's Cost-Effective
The average cost of having your piano tuned is around $100 to $200, which is reasonable considering how necessary it is to maintain the quality of your strings through tuning. A professional piano tuner will also be able to inform you of anything that might be faulty and needs repairing, which prevents any issues from turning into a bigger problem.
It is worth mentioning that the more you have your piano tuned, the less you will have to do it. If you keep your piano out of direct sunlight and use a dehumidifier through the summer months, you will find you don’t need your piano tuned as regularly. You’ll find it costs far less to have a piano tuned twice a year than it does it fix a problem caused by not having it tuned often enough.
More Confidence
Whether you’re just starting out as an amateur pianist or whether you’ve been playing for years, playing the piano that has been tuned to perfection is a real confidence boost. The sounds produced are more refined and beautiful, turning any song into a lullaby. Playing an out-of-tune piano and believing it is your skills rather than the quality of the strings can be so disheartening.
What Happens If You Don't Tune Your Piano?
Not having your piano tuned is poor maintenance. If you value your piano and love to play it, you should set the money aside for tuning services. It doesn’t matter if your piano never moves and rarely gets played; you should still invest in tuning the strings so that it can hold its value. A well-tuned piano and maintained piano can sell for thousands of dollars.
You will also find that you have to pay far more for a pitch correction than you would if you need the strings tightening slightly. So, it really does pay to have your piano tuned as often as possible. Caring for your piano properly can also give you motivation to play it more, which is excellent if your piano is just a hobby for you.
As you can tell, piano tuning is essential maintenance that should be completed if you want to preserve your piano. There are plenty of reputable piano tuning companies who can work with you to ensure your piano sounds as it should do! We hope you choose JB Piano to help you care for your piano. Ask about our semi-annual service contract.
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