Monday, November 11, 2024 by Anita Byers | Your Home Piano

It's fall and that is a great time to make sure your acoustic piano is in tune. Over the years, I often have seen a direct correlation between students quitting and the condition of the instrument they are playing at home. If the home instrument is out of tune or has broken keys, this can be terribly frustrating for a student and they will not want to practice.  Actually as a musician, an out of tune piano is just downright painful to listen to.  

"It is important for those learning to play the piano to have an instrument that is in tune so they can correctly learn the pitches. If a piano player learns to play with incorrect pitches, it will hinder his or her ability to play a tuned piano, because the pitch will sound off to them.

Regular piano tuning can give those who are learning to play the piano a boost of confidence, because it’s exciting to play a piano that is in tune and sounds good. Having an in-tune piano helps kids stick with the piano and enjoy learning to play it. It’s hard to be motivated to learn to play the piano when you don’t know if you are making a mistake or if the piano is just out of tune.  If you properly care for your instrument, it will bless your life for years to come."https://www.deseretindustries.org/blog/why-its-important-to-tune-your-piano

Just as a car needs maintenance and the oil changed, an acoustic piano must have regular tunings.   If tuning has been neglected, it is going to take awhile for them to hold a tune and sadly if the piano has been very neglected in it’s past and has some age on it, it may never hold tune.  

Here are names of tuners I have used.  If you have broken strings or other repairs that need to happen on your piano, I'd recommend David Vanderhoofven who is a certified piano technician from Joplin.  

David Vanderhoofven 417.781.3965 or Dan Keller 417.667.6208 or 417-321-7722

Here’s a great video to watch!  Can you hear the difference??  Which recording does your acoustic piano sound like?? 

Can You Hear the Difference Between a Tuned and Out of Tune Piano? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyO7rNFd9q0