Concert Piano Technician at Michigan State University College of Music. As time permits, I will still be servicing some of my customers I've worked with regularly for many years; if this is you, contact me to schedule service. Currently I am not accepting any new customers. It's been my pleasure to serve you all for more than 20 years. Thank you for visiting.My name is Dave Foster. I have a passion for pianos. I love to play them, and I love to hear them being played. I believe everyone should have the opportunity to have that experience.
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I have been a Piano Technician since 1998. I believe in the highest standards for customer service, and I try my best to keep my clients happy and informed so that they may continue to enjoy their piano for a lifetime. I am a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) with the Piano Technicians Guild. This is a nationally recognized non-profit organization of Professional Technicians.
Every piano goes out of tune. There are many reasons why, but they all do. After awhile, the strings lose tention, the wood expands or contracts and tuning pins give away. So having a routine tuning will always make sure your piano stays in tune, sounding it's best. The normal tuning standard is A440.
Here is an old Wegner/Waltham upright pneumatic-player piano that had multiple cracks in the soundboard, partial frame separation, missing strings, cracked bass bridge, and a not-so friendly family of mice. The piano was past it's prime and would have cost thousands of dollars to restore. Too much money for the investment.
How often should I have my piano fully serviced? The three components of musical performance that need to be adjusted periodically are pitch, tone, and touch. Tone is maintained by voicing, and touch by servicing the piano action, called regulation. Piano tuning is the adjustment of the tuning pins so that all the strings are of the proper tension (pitch), to have the correct sounding, musical intervals.
Reviews (3)
The Guns N' Glory Show
May 27, 2021
I wanted to get this old upright piano repaired. It was in pretty bad shape to be fair, but could have been put back in order within a few hours, and I was willing to pay 500 - 1500 to get it fixed. That's a pretty generous rate for an afternoons labor plus adhesive dry time. This guy wanted 5500 dollars to fix a piano that needed regulation, and had been painted black with a paintbrush.
I can see why these pianos are getting so hard to find. These people think we all live at The Medowbrook Theater, by the exorbitant rates that they charge. He had mentioned that perhaps I could get one from a moving company that he worked with. He said they threw pianos like this away daily. I offered him the money that we were going to pay him the same 5-1500$ as a finders fee if he could get a large old upright to me. He couldn't even get that done. Lazy, and greedy. Edit. I made the piano work myself, no thanks to you.
I can see why these pianos are getting so hard to find. These people think we all live at The Medowbrook Theater, by the exorbitant rates that they charge. He had mentioned that perhaps I could get one from a moving company that he worked with. He said they threw pianos like this away daily. I offered him the money that we were going to pay him the same 5-1500$ as a finders fee if he could get a large old upright to me. He couldn't even get that done. Lazy, and greedy. Edit. I made the piano work myself, no thanks to you.
Kim DeCovich
May 08, 2019
Andrea Casadei
Apr 30, 2018
