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Re: What are the going rates for Tunings these days?

Emmery — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:09:56 GMT

Alex, the rates vary depending on the tuner and the area you live in. In larger cities the rates average between 80-120$ (for established

Re: What are the going rates for Tunings these days?

Ben — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:28:02 GMT

... *****************$75. It is a specialty service and most of the times, recessions don't affect it much.*********************************

What are the going rates for Tunings these days?

pianotunernj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:53:45 GMT

I was just curious, can anyone tell us what they have paid for a tuning lately? (Please don't tell us any information about who or what service did it, I'd

Re: Steinway 6 foot grand for sale

pianotunernj — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:22:17 GMT

Patrick, we get this question all the time... the simple answer is that the price should be what the person buying is willing to pay... I know that is

Re: Opinions on 1927 Steinway M Restoration

Kel — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:42:26 GMT

Hi Charlie, Then I see ads like: http://www.countrypiano.com/showroom/steinway/steinway-m-243791.htm and I wonder if $29-30k (maybe less; they are working with

Steinway 6 foot grand for sale

patrickgreene1963 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:06:35 GMT

A lady who goes to my church is thinking of selling her 6 foot Steinway grand piano. Her husband bought it in the late 70s, early 80s. It is in pristine

Re: Opinions on 1927 Steinway M Restoration

Kel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:53:51 GMT

Hi Charlie, Thanks for the feedback. My brother says that the non-Steinway restorer will be using all Steinway and Renner parts. At this point, they have met

Re: Opinions on 1927 Steinway M Restoration

cv_511 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:22:56 GMT

Kel, If there's one piano I would love to have above all others it would be a Mahogany 1927 Model M in perfect condition. Your brother is lucky. I don't know

Opinions on 1927 Steinway M Restoration

Kel — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:40:24 GMT

Hi folks, I hope this forum is the right place for such a message. My brother has the opportunity to take over a 1927 Steinway Model M. The piano needs a lot

Re: New member

cv_511 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:47:38 GMT

Welcome, DJ, If you type Randy Potter into the search bar, you'll see a number of posts relating to the school. The general Impression is that it's a good

New member

supdi7518 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:30:15 GMT

Hi everyone, My name is DJ and I have just joined the group. I have been learning the piano for three years and I am interested in piano tuning. Has anyone

Re: Tuning Help?

Emmery — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:25:18 GMT

To tune the piano you would need to get a tuning lever and some mutes and an electronic tuning device or a tuning fork. It is not like tuning a guitar, you

Re: Tuning Help?

pianotunernj — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:35:53 GMT

Pastor Jeff, I think the reason no one answered this is that it has been discussed in the past, please feel free to search the older messages on this topic.

Re: Crystal/Glass soundboard (recent innovation)

Aras — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:25:39 GMT

You could go and measure the partials on some tones and then compare to some pianos. ... Från: Emmery Ämne: Re: [The Piano HelpDesk]

Re: Crystal/Glass soundboard (recent innovation)

Aras — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:56:59 GMT

It has to do with the internal friction characterizing different materials, which determines both the damping and definition of frequency peaks. It might not