Welcome!
CONTACT INFO
Frank R. Acosta Jr.
(253) 222-3496
frankspianotuning@gmail.com
Piano Tuner and Repair Technician Available For Your Local Area – $200.00 per tuning
In addition to tuning, people need to consider overall maintenance.
Piano Maintenance Service Package, $300.00
Combination of any of these items depending on what the piano needs:
- Removing the action in order to dust out the entire interior of the piano
- Clean the sound board
- Removing dust from the action
- Lubricating the entire action
- Lubricating the key pins and keys for the key bed
- Loss motion adjustment, let off adjustments, hammer reshaping or sanding (voicing)
- Tightening the action screws
- Raising the hammer level on grand pianos
The effect is it makes the piano more lively and more responsive to touch providing better overall piano performance.
FEATURES
Service Area: King and Pierce Counties
Years of Service: 35
Service Type: Piano tuning
Market Focus: Piano players
DESCRIPTION
Piano tuning expertly mastered using advanced technology that makes any type of piano sounds its best. Piano action repairs and regulation also expertly done for optimal playing feel of keyboard touch and response. Appointments are on time and conveniently scheduled to your unique times as best as possible depending on current work loads. Pricing is as reasonable as it gets considering the quality and satisfaction you will have. Please call so that I can help you restore good tone and enjoyment for your piano playing experience.
SPECIALTIES
- Fine Concert Quality Tuning, $200.00
- General Piano Maintenance which includes cleaning, lubricating, essential adjustments, $300.00
- Action Regulation which improves quality key touch adjustments, $450 & up
CREDENTIALS
- 35 years experience
- Over 3,000 customers during 5 years of service
BENEFITS OF SERVICE
- Honest and Friendly
- Flexible Scheduling
- Very Reasonably Priced
CLIENTS
- Piano Teachers
- Professional Musicians
- Churches & Schools
- Universities
- Hospitals
ALL TYPES OF PIANOS (SAMPLE)
- Kawai
- Mason and Hamlin
- Samick
- Steinway & Sons
- Stuart and Sons
- Yamaha
- Young Chang
OTHER PRICING DETAILS
Rate Details: tuning is flat $200.00 Concert quality guaranteed. repairs priced accordingly to estimate.
Payment Methods: Cash, Check, Zelle, Credit Card
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Piano tuning: artistic and scientific
Piano Tuning is an art that the technician possesses to bring a piano to it’s beautiful sounding tone and musical moods and colors to the pianist. The generating of a tone in the piano is achieved by scientifically designed principles of string vibration and wood characteristics that transfer the vibrations to the human ear.
A well designed piano consists of many different factors that are found in the qualities of wood and felt. Tone quality is directly dependent on quality of materials and workmanship in building a truly special product of musical quality.
Awesome Piano Tuner & Technician
Are you looking for an awesome sounding piano? Are you looking for an awesome playing musician? That piano could already be in your home; it just hasn’t been tuned. You’re an awesome musician; but your piano might be hiding how you really sound – AWESOME!
A piano that has not been tuned for a year or more may sound okay to you; but when it is finally tuned again, that’s when you realize what you’ve been missing; MUSIC. Piano music that is crystal clear and pleasant to the ears. Trained ears or not, most people cannot tell when a piano needs tuning; but most people can tell that it sounds better after the tuning.
Music plays an important role in many peoples’ lives. A piano that sounds good and plays well is what makes music that much more enjoyable. Most people agree that nothing can compare to the sound of the piano in making music.
My business is in the making of any piano to sound and play its’ best.
That’s why I recommend that every piano receives at least one tuning each year; so that music is always an inspiration to the one practicing the piano.
My current customers all enjoy the benefits of my services. They receive professional and concert quality tuning at a price lower than most. Appointments are catered to their schedules and are on time.
My experience with pianos of over 35 years provides expertise in many repair needs in pianos to include the following:
1. Action regulation – a term meaning simply the adjusting of all 88 notes to play at optimal performance to touch response and tone.
2. Restringing bass notes – replacing old and dead sounding strings with new ones
3. repairing or replacing of old, broken or worn out piano parts
4. replacing old keytops with new ones
5. Cleaning out the piano inside and out
6. repair or inspection evaluations for potential buyers or owners
If your piano is in Pierce County, King County, Thurston County, or Kitsap County, the tuning rate is the same. I accept cash, check or credit card for payment. When you schedule an appointment, I will be on time; or I will call to notify you of any changes to the schedule due to traffic or other delays.
I look forward to meeting you and earning your business.
Find me at https://www.frankspianotuning.com or call or text at 253-222-3496
Piano Strings
Piano Strings can become corroded and dirty over time. I have seen many old pianos that had strings so old that they sounded dead. In other words, there would be sort of a low humming sound in the tone. Some people might describe it as a “tubby sound”.
Having many years experience with pianos, I can detect when strings start to lose their brilliance and their resonance. Proper tone in a bass note is lively and fresh sounding. It has good sustain and rich tone.
The type of hammer felt also affects tone as well. Badly worn out hammer felt makes string sound dead as well.
When I find a piano in need of strings, there are a couple of options to consider. First, is the piano worth keeping and investing time and money? If so, the first option and best option is to simply replace the whole set of bass strings. Some pianos have a set of bass strings that are “steel wound” instead of the typical “copper wound’ strings. Steel would strings are no longer available for replacement. But copper wound strings sound much better and last longer. Copper wound strings are also very expensive today due to copper prices being high priced.
Sometimes, another option instead of replacing the whole set of strings, the old ones can be cleaned and reattached after being twisted a couple of times because it often regains its tone again. Of course, broken string will need to be replaced.
Piano strings come in many different sizes and are often sent away to be duplicated when replacing old ones. A piano that receives new strings must also receive other repairs at times, such as larger tuning pins, bass bring repair or replacement, and other repairs that affect tone transfer from the strings.
When strings have a buzzing sound, it may not be the strings; it could be a cracked soundboard. If it is the string, it could be a loose winding, which mean it will need to be replaced.
Has it been a year since your Last Piano Tuning?
The reason pianos go out of tune is because it is affected by temperature and environment settings in the home. The longer you leave the piano out of tune the more the piano construction and different components of the piano change and adjust to the wrong configuration of the wood. Keeping the piano in tune keeps the piano in good shape and maximizes its ability to sound better. In the long run the piano will sound better and there will be less need for replacing strings and it will stay in tune longer when you keep it tuned at least once per year versus when you wait years apart.
Welcome to my blog about pianos!
This is a blog about pianos. I am located near Spanaway / Graham WA and work in Bellevue and have many piano friends in the Port Orchard region. As a result, I am able to serve the entire Puget Sound area pretty effectively. I am starting this blog for the first time and will be posting interesting posts about my experiences in the piano business. Questions and comments about your piano experience will be welcome soon. The intention of posting in this blog is for sharing with others my passion and appreciation for pianos and the people who play them.
Thank you for visiting.
Frank R. Acosta Jr
Piano Tuner / Technician
Frank’s Piano Tuning & Repair
Phone: 253-222-3496
frankspianotuning@gmail.com
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About
I’m a piano tuner and repair technician with many years experience in the piano business. I grew up working on pianos in my Dad’s shop and learned the trade which included complete overhauling of grand pianos and player pianos and even pump organs. I learned how to restring grand pianos and redo player piano bellows fabric.
I currently tune pianos in the Puget sound area of Washington State and I’m available to serve your piano needs. To make an appointment for piano tuning or to ask questions about price and other piano related questions, please call me at:
Phone: 253-222-3496
BEST CONTACT: Email, frankspianotuning@gmail.com
Please include: Piano you own, Type of service you would like, Last tuning if known
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