Piano Stemmen & Pitch Raise

Regular tuning: Part of the essential maintenance of keeping a piano in good shape is piano tuning. If your piano is out of tune, it becomes less fun to play, doesn’t sing to the spirit, or makes your music less enjoyable to listen to. And just like you take your car in for maintenance to get its oil changed, you too should keep an active tuning schedule. Even more if you’re a fortissimo player who loves a good bit of Beethoven. And who doesn’t? Also, if you’re playing scales every day like a good student, you will want to make sure your ear training is on par with what your fingers are playing. The rigorous practice of scales can eventually put a piano out of tune. And it is best to schedule your piano tunings every other month, so that you can keep your piano in top performance.

Pitch raises: If you haven’t played the piano in a long while and would like to get back into it. You may need a pitch raise. Since over time, due to humidity differences within the season or the stretch of the strings becoming loose. Normally, at least one pitch raise is standard to get things in tune before fine-tuning. Pianos that have been out of tune for some time may need to be raised gradually up to pitch and “overpulled” so that the load is once again rebalanced. Keep in mind that older pianos that need a significant pitch raise may have strings that break. If it’s a treble string that can usually be fixed or replaced on site at an additional charge. If it’s a bass string, it will need to be pulled from the piano so that it can be duplicated by a specialist. Generic strings generally have no life to them.