If you haven't seen a tuning fork in action before, it's a real treat. Sound waves have so many unique properties that musicians and physicists alike are still learning about, but the science behind a tuning fork is fairly well established. Below is a YouTube video from the channel Jeri Crosby showcasing how they work; you hit the fork, and while holding it in the air you can barely hear anything, due to there being nothing but air to vibrate on. However, when touched to a su

For a long time, I've had a few pianos listed for sale on my website, though they have all been in various stages of rebuilding and repair. With how busy life can move, it's hard to find time to fix pianos at home, especially when the business has been growing so rapidly! Last year I acquired another book of business, helped my mom prepare her house for sale, got married, and welcomed a new nephew into the world. While I've been very excited to work on my piano projects, they

This is a short breakdown of the options to protect your piano from humidity damage and how the Piano Life Saver is the most reliable way to do so. If you'd like to see a more detailed explanation, please click here to go to the Dampp-Chaser website. After writing the last post on humidity, I decided to look into the modern Dampp-Chaser products. I was familiar with their dehumidifier products, and the older models of humidistats, but I also wanted to learn more about their P

About a month ago I was able to add a 1974 Wurlitzer spinet to our growing inventory of pianos to be restored. This piano had been bought by a gentleman in Clarksville but who now needed it removed as he was preparing to move, so we went to pick it up. There was a lot of cleaning, shining, regulation, and especially tuning to be done to it, and I'd love to show you a bit of the process! Below is a video of my sister playing a beautiful piece on it before I had gotten the chan

I recently got to tune for my alma mater, Mt Juliet High School, on behalf of AMO Pianos and it brought me so much joy to be back helping...

There is a point in every piano technician's career when a string breaks unexpectedly, usually because the piano hasn't been tuned in a...