What is tuning a Piano?

Question

I have never heard of tuning a Grand or Upright Piano. What is it and why do you need to do it every year?

Answer 1

Tuning a piano basically means getting the piano back to pitch. This is the best definition for someone never exposed to music. This is VERY important even if you don't plan on playing it. Over time, the strings get looser causing the keys to go down in pitch. Notice this happens to other string instruments as well after not being touched for weeks. Don't tune a piano yourself if you don't know what you're doing. You can hire professionals to this. It takes about 1.5-2 hours to do usually. Get it tuned regularly. Funny story: my aunt has my grandfather's piano in her house. My dad wants to bring it to our house so he can play piano again like he did in college. My mom is opposed because there is no realistic place to put it in our house. My dad doesn't want electric pianos either.

Answer 2

Theoretically need regular tune piano in three months to six months or so law once (except for professional concert play the piano), piano Medical advice: compliance with China's national conditions, it is recommended for at least six months should be tuned once a year, so the piano back to top state. No more than one year of piano tuning, tune again in the law, the piano itself due to objective reasons which led easily broken strings, you can not pull a tuning standard pronunciation and other consequences.

Answer 3

Turing means to repair all parts of piano once in a year to make it good condition so one can enjoy the music. And it is mainly done by technician properly with instruments.

Answer 4

Simple answer: if you don't have it tuned, your piano will start to sound awful..

Answer 5

Tuning is done by a qualified technician who adjusts the pegs that control the strings. It raises or lowers the pitch. It needs to be done once or twice a year because humidity and general playing make pianos go out of tune.

Answer 6

I have never heard of a conventional (wood and strings, not electronic) piano of any type that did *not* have to be tuned. (It's to keep strings vibrating at certain desired frequencies; once a year would be more or less a *minimum desirable period* for re-tuning the strings.)