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Your piano is a remarkable piece of engineering and craftsmanship that requires regular care and tuning from a professional piano technician to sound and play at its best. As a Certified Piano Technician I am fully qualified to keep your piano working and sounding great, offering services in tuning, regulation, voicing, general repairs and reconditioning.My goal is to provide my highest level of workmanship with reliable and courteous customer service. But most importantly, I want to earn your trust as someone you will be at ease with in your home or business caring for a prized possession I
take great pride and satisfaction from helping my customers and their families
have music in their lives. | See the 'Pianos for sale' page for great values on used pianos. I also offer complete piano rebuilding and restoration services from my fully equipped workshop. See the Restorations page for more information. |
Piano tuning & maintenance in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton,
Oakville, Milton, Burlington, and the entire Greater Toronto Area
Rates
I charge $100.00 for a Standard Tuning in my regular coverage area of the western Greater Toronto Area. Pianos that have not been tuned for an especially long time, longer even than 1 year, will often require a Pitch Raise prior to tuning being done on the instrument. Scroll down this page to learn more about pitch raises.
A Pitch Raise and Tuning is $160.00 and can sometimes be accomplished in a single visit. |
Testimonials
Here is what some of my many happy customers have to say:"I just wanted to thank you so much for the wonderful tune-up that you did on our piano yesterday. As soon as I got home from work I went straight to it and played the new sweet sound for 2 hours.
It was a pleasure meeting you and thank you for everything!"
Oakville
"I just wanted to say thank you very much for the excellent service. The piano sounded superb. I look forward to your annual reminder next year."
Mississauga
"I must say I'm really happy with the job you did on the piano. It sounds great. I did some recording with it the other night and it turned out incredible"
"I
had the pleasure of working with Paul Clement in 2008 at the Aspen
Music Festival and School. I had been hired to prepare three Steinway
concert grands for the summer season at Aspen, and worked with Paul as
an instructor while getting these instruments ready for a summer of
performances. Though Paul had been hired to work for the summer in
Aspen as an apprentice in the Piano Technology Department, it was clear
from the start that he had already mastered a number of important
skills through his studies at the University of Western Ontario. His
piano tuning is excellent, as are his skills in piano repair, action
regulation and voicing. Please give Paul your consideration in hiring him as a piano technician. He will exceed your expectations."
John Cavanaugh
Director of Piano Technology, Oberlin Conservatory
London, Ontario
I service the entire Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe, including
I service the entire Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe, including
Toronto | Mississauga | Brampton | Oakville | Milton | Burlington | Georgetown
Woodbridge | Vaughan | Richmond Hill | Markham | Many others
How often should a piano be tuned?
On average, in a fairly stable environment a piano should be tuned at least every six months to a year. Any longer than a year and extra work may be required to bring it back into stable tuning. Pianos exposed to changing humidity, such as a home heated in the winter but humid in summer, will need attention from a tuner more often. Any piano that is moved to a new location will need tuning. It may be best to let the piano adjust to the new environmental conditions before tuning, if possible; otherwise the piano may need tuning again soon as it adjusts to new humidity levels. Professional pianists often require that their pianos be tuned before every performance. New pianos usually require tuning several times in the first year until the new strings settle.Why do pianos go out of tune?
The main reason is changes in humidity. Much of a piano's workings are wood, which shrinks and expands as humidity changes. For example, as the home heating season begins, and dry, heated air replaces more the humid air of other seasons, the wood dries and shrinks. This reduces tension on the soundboard, and the notes sound flat. Other common reasons a piano goes out of tune include the jostling of a move, or loose tuning pins that slip. If the same notes tend to go flat time after time, it may be that the tuning pins are slipping, reducing tension on the strings, thus making them flat. And of course, the more often a piano is played the more likely the tuning will be affected.What is a "pitch raise"?
A pitch raise is essentially an extensive tuning that must be done on a piano that is very out of tune, such as one left un-tuned for several years or more. When a piano is left un-tuned for a long time, so many strings become out of tune that the tension across the entire soundboard changes. In this condition, tuning one string will affect the tuning on other strings. A vicious cycle ensues where previously tuned notes lose tune every time a new note is tuned, like a dog chasing its tail. To correct for this, the tuner will do a pitch raise, where every string's tension is adjusted in one pass, to bring the tension on the entire soundboard close to what is desired. Then, often after a resting period, the tuner can perform the precise tuning of individual strings without affecting the others. Several passes may be needed before the pitches stabilize.Click here to learn more about pitch raises from the Piano Technician's Guild.
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