Services & Prices

Tuning & Service

What we do…

Fine Tune the Piano.

General Inspection of the Piano to assess its overall condition and serviceability; for example, will the piano even hold a tune?

Minor Cleaning and Debris Removal (up to 15 minutes) with no major disassembly required.

Minor Adjustments / Fixes (up to 15 minutes) such as minor pedal adjustments, fixing a few sticking keys, tightening of plate bolts/screws, and other quick & easy fixes.

More info…

Out of tune pianos are no fun to play.

Pianos go out of tune because of several factors such as aggressive playing, seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, and the high tension of all the strings.

In general, the greater the change in pitch and the longer it has been since last getting tuned, the worse it sounds.

This hurts your ears and will make your piano less tunable the longer it stays in this condition.

What we do…

Raise or lower the pitch of your piano to A440 Standard Pitch or a Custom Pitch of your choosing.

One or more tuning passes will be required to safely retention all the strings and minimize the risk of breaking strings.

1 pass takes about 45m, and 1 pass is usually required for each 25 cent change in pitch. The condition of your piano will also dictate how may passes are required.

If you are using Apps to learn to play piano, this step is important to have your piano's pitch match those Apps.

Depending on the age and condition of your piano, it may not be fit for a significant pitch raise up to the modern day A440 Standard Pitch.

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Like a Dollar ($) is divided into 100 Cents (¢), so is the Half-Step music interval. 100¢ = 1 Half-Step and 1¢ = 1/100th or 1% of a Half-Step.

This extra step is often necessary if your piano has gone years without tuning, the room's humidity fluctuates too much, or your piano has recently been relocated.

Skipping this step means your piano will continue to fall out of tune faster and will never get to a point where it can hold tune well.

Service call for inspection, evaluation, troubleshooting, basic repairs and adjustments.

Time and cost may vary depending on the severity of the problem.

An estimate will be provided for major repairs.

Travel / Mileage fee for covering a larger geographic area.

We love taking care of your piano, which is why our travel fee exists.

To service distant areas a small travel fee is necessary to help offset the extra time required to drive further out.

Without this extra fee it wouldn't be feasible for us to provide service to your area and we would need to refer you to someone else.

Cleaning

What we do…

General vacuuming, dusting, and cleaning of the inside your piano without removing or disassembling the action or keys.

More info…

Pianos are difficult to clean because there are so many hard to reach places blocked by fragile parts.

Accumulated debris like dust, food particles, pet hair, etc. can attract moisture and pesky insects and rodents. Moisture and debris can rust the strings and cause sluggish action parts. Pests will build nests and eat the felts and parts inside your piano.

To avoid the over-accumulation of debris and to help avoid long-term, irreversible damage to important parts inside your piano, it's important to have your piano cleaned occasionally.

What we do…

Remove heavily accumulated debris like dust, food particles, pet hair, etc. from inside your piano and clean the hard to reach places.

Remove the action and the keys (if required) to vacuum and/or blow them out with an air compressor.

Perform a detailed inspection of your piano to assess any hidden repair needs.

This service may take around 3 - 3½ hours.

Any repair items found during the cleaning may cost extra.

This process will stir up a lot of dust; therefore, access to outdoors is recommended to try to minimize blowing dust into your home.

More info…

Pianos are difficult to clean because there are so many hard to reach places blocked by fragile parts.

Accumulated debris can attract moisture and pesky insects and rodents. Moisture and debris can rust the strings and cause sluggish action parts. Pests will build nests and eat the felts and parts inside your piano.

These situations often occur when a piano has been in storage or just has not been cleaned frequently.

To help avoid long-term, irreversible damage to important parts inside your piano, it's extremely important to have your piano thoroughly cleaned when your piano is in this condition.

What we do…

Remove mouse nests and waste from inside your piano

Sanitize all visible urine and rodent stains.

More info…

Mice in your piano? Yikes!

Rodents gnaw wood, stash food, and build nests with outside materials that don't belong in a piano.

These foreign materials, combined with the acidic nature of mouse excrement, quickly cause irreversible damage to the fragile parts inside your piano.

Humidity Control

We provide Service, Parts, and Supplies for Dampp-Chaser Piano Life Saver Systems.

Chad Mitchell is also a Certified Installer of these systems.

Please contact us to request an Estimate for the Purchase & Installation of the ideal Piano Life Saver System Configuration for your piano.

Regulation

Please contact us to request an Estimate for Regulation Services.

Action Regulation can take anywhere from 4 to 16+ hours depending on the condition of your piano.

Repair

Please contact us to request an Estimate for Repair Services not listed here.

Pinblock

When a piano's pinblock starts to fail, the tuning pins lose torque (or grip) and the piano will not hold a tune.

This treatment may help as a temporary remedy in lieu of an expensive pinblock replacement.

We drip a watery thin Cyanoacrylate (CA) Glue "Super Glue" around each tuning pin. The glue wicks into the pinblock and fills the gaps around the tuning pins. We then spray an accelerant onto the glue to make it cure more quickly.

This treatment may extend the life of the piano another 3 to 5 years or more depending on the condition of the pinblock and the overall condition of the rest of the piano.

This treatment is not a guaranteed fix, but usually works well on pinblocks that are not severely splitting or separating. If the pinblock is severely splitting or separating, you'll have to either retire the piano or replace the pinblock.

CA Glue fumes are extremely noxious, so adequate ventilation is required for this treatment. If you are sensitive to chemicals or fumes, this treatment may not be for you.