REPAIRS  

-You thought that $200 "vintage" piano was a good deal-
 

There are many signs that pianos send us before something actually goes bad.  Unfortunately, many piano owners and even some piano tuners fail to pick up these signs.

 

To be fair, there are thousands and thousands of parts that construct a piano that could potentially go wrong.  (Even more for silent/player pianos which has electronic components in them.)  It takes experienced ears and fingertips to notice when something is odd and to figure out exactly where the problem is (or will be) occuring.

 

 

And what causes them to break in the first place?

 

Only very few things in piano go bad from normal wear and tear even after few decades of use.  Here are other causes.  Bugs, among many other living creatures, eat up felt parts.  Things are dropped inside pianos and get caught in between action parts.  Pianos are not handled properly during shipment.  Some pianos are not built well enough to begin with.  I even had some people get romantic and drip candle wax on top of hammers.  On top of that, I hate to say this, but, some tuners mishandle action parts and pretends nothing ever happened.

 

 

There are countless things that could go wrong in a piano, but a lot of them can be prevented by:

 

- Controlling the environment (temperature, humidity, etc...) surrounding the piano.

 

- Get tuning regularly from an experienced technician who can tell when screws are loose or regulation is needed for certain action parts.

 

- Taking care of small issues when you are notified of them, before they become bigger of a problem.

 

 

Pictured are just some of the repair works that I personally had to deal with while working at a retail store.

(Every photo used on this website are taken from my career as a technician.)