Category: Piano tuning
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Expert Piano Tuning Services in August and September | Book Now
It is getting to that time of the year – schools and music schools are returning. Outside of exam season August and September are some of the busiest months in the piano tuning trade. The benefits of regularly tuning are well known. By maintaining your piano you ensure it is…
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Finding family history inside a piano in Howth
I called to a house in Howth, Co. Dublin to tune for a family our own family have a long musical history with. I was aware that my father, Anthony Woods and grandfather Fergus Woods had tuned the piano in this home, but upon opening up the piano I also…
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The Legacy of Lindner Pianos in Ireland: A Tale of Economic Development and Musical Compromise
Much like a surfer seeing a shark fin over the crest of a wave, when a piano tuner takes away the front panel of a piano to reveal ‘Lindner Shannon Ireland’ their heart sinks. Panic and a sudden process of how to get this thing in tune, without everything else…
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A Day In The Life
‘And that’s your full-time job’ is typically the main question asked when I tell people I’m a Piano Tuner. In second place on that list of expected responses is a stunned ‘there must be only two or three of you in the entire country’. This is the bewilderment that comes…