Aug 20, 2024 | Education, Regulation, Tuning
Believe it or not (and the kid in my life would prefer not to believe it), Back to School is just around the corner. For many families in the Tri-City area, this also means back to piano lessons. Whether they are just getting started or further along in their studies,...
Mar 18, 2024 | Pitch Raising, Tuning
When I sat down for my first lecture at the University of Western Ontario’s Piano Technology program, I was shocked at the complexity of what went into tuning a piano. One reason is that each and every piano is different — and, like people, each is...
Feb 7, 2024 | Pitch Raising, Tuning
When I think of the importance of tuning a piano to A440 (also known as Stuttgart pitch) two things come to mind: First, is the history — A440 is the musical pitch that corresponds to the frequency of 440Hz as a tuning standard for notes of A above middle C. It was...
