How often should your piano be tuned? Some guidelines are listed below.

• A piano played by a concert pianist or a piano teacher for 6 to 8 hours per day should be tuned every 3 months.
• A piano played by an AMEB student for 3 hours a day, should be tuned half yearly.
• A piano played for 2 to 8 hours per week should be tuned once a year.
• A piano played only once a month could be tuned every 18 months.

Is your piano below concert pitch?

• Your strings will sound cleaner and brighter if they are kept at or around concert pitch (A = 440 Hz).
• Pitch affects the resale value of the piano and also your ability to play the piano with other instruments and/or recordings. A substantial Pitch Raise, for example by a full tone, is relatively disruptive to the tuning stability of the piano and it is certainly advisable to correct a pitch issue before it reaches this stage.

How expensive is it to have your piano tuned?

• For upright and grand pianos the cost is $155.
• For a pianola the cost increases to $195 because it is necessary to remove the entire pianola mechanism prior to tuning.
• For raising the pitch of a piano, several tuning passes may be required and I therefore charge an additional $55-$70 depending on the amount of pitch raising required.