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How often should my piano be serviced? Part II Yamaha Pianos New pianos should be tuned a minimum of four times the first year to compensate for the normal settling that takes place. Subsequently, as a matter of standard maintenance, a piano should be tuned at least twice a year. Of course, some musicians will… Continue reading Interesting Facts on Servicing Your Piano

Part One: Your piano is an investment in your future. It can bring you and your family a lifetime of music, adding immeasurable joy and beauty to your home. Since it is also such a large investment, it should be maintained with the utmost care. Regular servicing by a qualified technician will preserve your instrument… Continue reading How often should my piano be serviced?

Just glancing through a google page on moving a piano there are titles like, “How to Move a Piano and live to tell of it”, and another was, “How to Move a Piano without Injuring your back” or “Do’s and Don’ts of Moving your Piano” what! Is this what you want to do, learn the… Continue reading The Art of Moving a Piano

The first electric pianos from the late 1920s used metal strings with a magnetic pickup, an amplifier and a loudspeaker. The electric pianos that became most popular in pop and rock music in the 1960s and 1970s, such as the Fender Rhodes use metal tines in place of strings and use electromagnetic pickups similar to… Continue reading The Many Types of Keyboards

Are you moving to a new home and worried about moving your piano? Or do you need to relocate a piano to a new location? Whatever the reason you need to relocate your prized piano, this suddenly creates a huge hassle and worry for you. Whether you are moving your piano across town or across… Continue reading Piano’s on the Move

If you have never seen the movie The Music Box with Laurel and Hardy you could probably youtube it and find this episode with them moving a piano, it is hilarious. In the film ‘The Music Box’ Laurel and Hardy take a lot of trouble carrying a piano up, seemingly endless steps, leading to a… Continue reading Piano Moving & Care, Plus Piano’s in Hollywood

When you decide to relocate, you will generally find house movers and if you are moving an office with large amounts of technical equipment you will hire a specialized office moving company. These companies are responsible for relocating the major bulk of furniture pieces within the home and the business place. However, it should also… Continue reading Piano/Keyboard Relocation

There are many reasons for hiring a professional piano moving company to move one’s piano. Here is a small note why: Pianos would not exist without quality control in all aspects of production because the instruments are too sensitive and dependent on the interaction of many parts and materials. For example, quality begins with the… Continue reading Professional Piano Movers

Depending on how much your piano went through during your move, will determine the lengths as to which you need to clean it. Dust is the usual culprit after a move that plagues your piano. A feather duster is the best solution to help eliminate all of the surface dust that has settled onto the… Continue reading Piano Move Aftercare

Hopefully this will help you decide: A young couple asked the women’s father to help them move a piano from one place to another in her house. Her father got a couple of his friends to come along and they brought a dolly. While they were lifting the piano — a full-size vertical — it… Continue reading Think Twice about Moving a Piano Yourself