Look After Your Piano: A Guide to Piano Servicing
Investing into the master craftsmanship of a fine instrument as a Steinway, is an exciting and significant moment for any musician. Following the careful and intricate procedure leading to the completion of your Steinway, it is vital that you keep your piano in good condition. With regular piano servicing, you'll be able to ensure that it continues to produce stunning music and vibrant sound, which you and those around you can enjoy for years into the future.
Your Steinway relies on each and every one of its thousands of parts working seamlessly together to generate its rich, satisfying sound. If just one of these parts begins to work out of sync with the others, then the tone and quality of music may soon be diminished. To account for this, frequent maintenance is essential to the well-being of your piano, to ensure it continues to function to its best possible ability.
There are three main steps which attribute to maintaining the overall condition of your piano; tuning, voicing and regulation.
Tuning
Ensuring that your piano remains in tune is vital in maintaining the correct pitch within the music which you generate. Your piano may naturally begin to grow out of tune due to atmospheric variations, and will depend on where you store it and how much sunlight it is exposed to. Within normal conditions, a piano typically needs tuning twice a year by a trained technician to guarantee the best results.
Voicing
This includes the adjustment of tone and sound within your piano, through softening or hardening the hammers. Whether you prefer bright or mellow sounds, all pianos will at some time require a brighter tone, and thus need to be voiced. Through voicing your Steinway every two to three years, you'll be able to maintain a balanced and uniformed tone throughout the keyboard.
Regulation
Depending on how you play your piano, it will require regulation to re-establish the evenness which it originally held. This process affects the touch of the piano, and once it has been regulated you will find that you are able to play it in your usual style, whilst continuing to gain the exceptional sound which it is able to produce at its best.
To ensure the best possible care is taken, and the most beautiful sound is generated from your Steinway, our piano servicing technicians are second to none. To find out more, complete our online contact form to get in touch.