Services Offered
All pianos should be tuned regularly to keep them performing at their best. Sometimes, extra care such as voicing or regulation can help to reset the piano’s consistency of tone and touch. If you feel your piano needs more than just tuning, please let me know ahead of time.
Tuning
$225
The expert adjustment of pitch, typically tuned to the standard pitch of A-440.
Tunings take 1.5 to 2 hours.
As a former concert pianist, I aim to make your piano sound performance or recording ready, and to have it be stable for at least six months.
I spend about the same amount of time on a piano regardless of whether it needs a pitch raise or not. If the piano has been tuned regularly, I am able to spend more time fine-tuning it and locking-in its stability; I’ve found this process is best achieved in the 1.5 to 2 hour range.
When a piano requires a pitch-raise, the time taken to do the pitch-raise replaces the time spent doing extra fine-tuning. However, a piano needing a pitch-raise will not be as stable and will tend to shift out of tune faster, so taking additional time to attempt extra fine-tuning in the same session is not as effective as booking several regularly spaced (6-months apart) tunings to increase its stability. As its stability increases, the time I can spend perfecting the tuning increases as well, making your piano sound better and better.
Voicing & Regulation
$120/hr Pro-rated
Voicing is the adjustment of tone through the manipulation of the hammer felts, either to create a more uniform or consistent tone, or to change the brightness or mellowness of the tone.
Regulation is the adjustment of the piano’s action to improve its consistency of touch and sensitivity.
Small Mechanical Repairs & Cleaning
$120/hr Pro-rated
Small mechanical repairs include sticky keys, squeaky notes, buzzes, and other mystery sounds or issues. *Note: Dr. Boren does not do cabinet repairs.
Cleaning can be done on both the inside and outside of the piano. Grand pianos often get dirty on the soundboard area under the strings.
