Piano Tuning Service
Helping keep you in perfect pitch.
Our team of experienced piano tuners and technicians can help keep your piano in optimal condition for you to enjoy.
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Why Should I Get My Piano Tuned?
Getting your piano tuned is essential to keep it in top condition, not just for how it sounds, but for the long-term health of the instrument. Even if your piano isn’t played every day – or at all – it will still slowly drift out of tune.
Regular piano tuning is a vital part of ownership and helps protect your investment for years to come. Think of it as an instrument MOT.
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Standard Tunings
Our standard tuning service lasts around 45 minutes to 1 hour. Our skilled technicians will first assess and then tune your piano, making minor adjustments to the regulation if necessary..
We recommend that almost all acoustic pianos are tuned every 6-12 months in order to remain in optimum condition.
During this service our technicians will also take a glance over the rest of your instrument, inspect delicate areas such as the felts, tapes and any sticking keys in order to see if any future work may be required on the instrument.
Pitch Raise Tunings
Pitch Raise tunings generally last around double the time of a standard tuning as every string on the piano will need tweaking multiple times.
A pitch raise is essentially when an instrument has been left for a longer amount of time without being tuned and as such, the entire instrument has perhaps dropped a whole semitone, note or is generally not holding it's tune very well.
This process is a little more involved and multiple tunings may be required in order to restore the instrument back to a stable tuning.
PLEASE NOTE: In some cases, it may not be possible to perfectly tune the instrument back to standard pitch. This is more common on older instruments and is often because the pins are slipping. In these rare cases, our technicians will do their very best to ensure the instrument is still in tune with itself, still making it playable with minimal difference to standard tuning.
Silent System Fitting
Our technicians are fully qualified by some of the best piano manufacturers in the world and as such many are qualified to safely fit a number of silent systems.
From the C.Bechstein Vario system to the KIOSHI retro-fitted silent system, we are able to help transform your acoustic instrument into a silent piano in no time at all!
What Kinds Of Things Do Tunings Help?
With thousands of intricate moving parts and predominantly made from woods, wools and felts (as well as metal strings), changes in temperature and humidity inevitably affect the materials in the instrument. These changes can often be subtle and sometimes almost imperceptible to the person playing it – but they will gradually shift the piano out of tune.
The tuning process can uncover a number of issues, including keys that stick or don’t return correctly, hammers that don’t strike the strings properly and many other small but important issues.
Our piano technicians’ standard recommendation is that a piano is tuned every six months, at least for the first four years in a new location, although if an instrument is used more heavily tuning could be required more frequently.
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Book A Piano TuningMeet Our Piano Technicians
Dave A
Book Dave ADave has been tuning pianos with Millers for over 50 years! During that time, he's seen it all and knows his way around a piano like no other. From servicing to standard tunings, Dave is a master of understanding your instrument and approaches every job with not only a genuine care to see instruments in their best condition, but also to help deliver the most economic service possible.
David F
Book Dave FThe latest addition to the Millers tuning team is David, who has led an extensive musical career. Tuning pianos aurally since 1973, David began his tuning career with Steinway & Sons as an apprentice, in 1986 he then became the only tuner and technician at The Royal Academy of Music up until 2001 where he began tuning freelance. In 2010, he returned to the likes of Steinway & Sons, tuning incredible pianos across the South of England up until 2019. He has been freelancing ever since and continues to share a passion for the craft of aural tuning!
Chris
Book ChrisChris is a piano technician based near Bury St Edmunds, covering Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. He originally worked with Millers on the website before completing his training at Newark as a Piano Technician. Chris has completed dedicated training with Yamaha, Kawai, and Bechstein including on installation and maintenance of silent systems.
What areas do you cover?
Our piano tuners are located across East Anglia and though we're based out of Cambridge with our showroom we can cover most areas. Our technicians are based across the centre of the region through Cambridgeshire, parts of Suffolk, and Norfolk.
Our specialist mapping technology allows us you to make an online booking instantly with exact dates and times we can offer.
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