Piano Tuning
Piano Tuning?
The piano at my church is very sharp in it’s playing. Hopefully I’m being clear on this… it’s in tune, but “piercing” – I’m fairly certain there is a way to work with the hammers to round out or soften the tone, but what exactly is done?
Thanks.
Well first reply, if you don’t know, why in hell did you answer? Twit…
Some players call this “tinny” if it’s what I suspect you’re hearing. The cliché old west saloon sound. You need a piano technician (some technicians are tuners but not all tuners are technicians) — he’ll use a special pick on the felt of the hammers to soften them up.
If you don’t soften evenly you get an uneven piano – if you soften too much it’s not responsive or the felt falls apart.
The causes can be as simple as compression over time (normal wear) and as preventable as children beating heavily on the keys. It could be that the acoustics of the church is conducive to that sound and it could be that there is something other than the piano at work here (sympathetic vibrations).
“Sharp” isn’t the word you want here because that means something else in piano tuning world. Sharp means the pitch is higher than it should be. You’re describing a problem with the timbre of the instrument.
A good tech will at least diagnose your problem and let you know what sort of cost is going to be involved.
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