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I Play One Note And Hear Three!

Sometimes I would get calls from customers that went something like this – “I am playing a song on my piano and some of the notes sound like I am playing two or three notes at once. Why is it doing that?” As I would explain to them, this is something I could not diagnose [...]

My Piano Keys Make Noise-But My Tuner Can’t Find It!

Scenario One – Your child has been complaining about a rattling or buzzing noise when she plays certain keys on the piano. You asked your technician about it when he was out for his regular visit, but he couldn’t find any noise in the piano and your child was not there to remind you which [...]

Why Does My Piano Go Out Of Tune?

[This post is based on an essay titled “Why Does A Piano Go Out Of Tune”, written by William Braid White, Mus. D., in the early twentieth century and later included as an appendix in the fifth edition of his book Piano Tuning and the Allied Arts (Boston: Tuners Supply Co., 1946.)] For starters, it [...]