Maintenance Schedule

[Kent Swafford]

The video is by piano technician John Serkin, not his brother, pianist Peter
Serkin (both sons of Rudolph).

Great quote.

Kent


on 2/5/01 3:16 PM, John Baird at jbaird@fgi.net wrote:

> Here is what Peter Serkin says about tuning frequency in his 1990 video, "The
> Anatomy of a Piano--How Your Grand Piano Works":
> 
> A freshly tuned piano has a sparkle and clarity of sound that begins to
> deteriorate even after a few hours…that is why a performance piano should be
> tuned immediately before each performance or recording session.
> 
> For most of us our pianos should be tuned at least twice a year…. Six months
> is a long time to expect a piano to stay in tune, so those of you with more
> sensitive ears will want to have it tuned more often [such as] four times a
> year, with each change of season….  Professional players or pianos with heavy
> use will require more frequent tunings, perhaps every 6 or 8 weeks.
> 
> John Baird