Piano Tuner and Technician, Musician, Author, and Bloggist.

Started the day by Doing a couple of good pitch raises, and then installed the Damper action and the dampers.

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Someone just sent me this PDF. My Grandfather is listed as “Honorary Past President” in it!
The A.S.P.T.T. Is one of the many precursors to the P.T.G. Of today. What is the PTG? Check it out: The Piano Technicians Guild

Today I restrung the piano. I started with doing a computer rescaling of the plain wire strings (the bass strings had already been rescaled and made by John Schenke of J.D. Grandt).

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After quite a few days of silence about the goings on in my shop, I thought I’d post a few pictures of the latest project. (The Knabe has been on hold for a while, but I’m back to work on it tomorrow). Anyway, this piano is a lovely old Heintzman “B” upright, in for reconditioning and bridge repair. Read more

If you’re ever looking for something to post on your blog, you could talk about ‘what to look for in a piano tuner’. I know you’ve written about why it’s important to have it tuned, and properly, but how does the average person know they haven’t just hired a complete idiot to tune their piano, especially if they’ve been given the name through a reputable music store or some place / some one similar? Read more