Why is tuning and service important?

A piano or digital piano is a sensitive instrument that reacts to:
• changes in temperature
• humidity in the room
• regular use

Therefore, we recommend service:

✔ at least once a year for home use
✔ multiple times a year for music schools and professionals

A properly tuned, regulated, and intonated piano or digital piano allows for a better sound, improved feel while playing, and greater motivation to play.

Regulation of the mechanism – moving mechanical parts, keyboard, and pedals

The mechanism and keyboard of each piano consist of numerous parts made of wood, metal, or felt. Regular regulation of the mechanism, cleaning of the piano's interior, and preparation of the hammers ensure the softness of the keyboard and the quality of the entire instrument's operation and sound.

Lubrication

Lubrication of the instrument mechanism is essential for the smooth movement of all interconnected moving parts. In addition to ensuring mobility, lubrication of the pedals also prevents unpleasant squeaking when pressed.

Tuning

Tuning is the process of adjusting the density and elasticity of the felt covering the hammers. Over time, the felt hardens slightly, and the hammers also deform somewhat due to wear, which affects sound quality. With tuning tools, we align the density and elasticity of the felt on the hammers, ensuring a beautiful tone and dynamics.

Tuning

In equal temperament tuning, which represents a compromise to natural tunings and has become the most established throughout history, there is an internationally agreed reference pitch A4 (440 Hz). Legend has it that in ancient times, every morning at dawn, this pitch was produced by the enormous Colossus of Memnon near the Egyptian Thebes, allowing musicians to tune their instruments by it. The colossus is said to have ceased to sound at the beginning of our era. Nowadays, this pitch is produced by tuning forks, which are typically used by tuners. A piano has around 220 strings, and the technician adjusts the tension of each one during tuning. They are tuned in specific ratios that need to be clarified. The phenomenon of the Pythagorean comma must also be eliminated – this is a slight error of just under 1.4% that occurs in the octave interval if we build a chromatic scale by progressing upward in fifths and then descending in octaves back to the starting octave. The error is not large, but it can be quite disturbing when the tones sound simultaneously.