On the lower end of the keyboard each note has only one string that is struck by the hammer. Old strings can be brittle, and break if they are overstressed. If your piano is significantly out of tune when you start, you may want to take it up in half pitch steps (half a note at a time) a day or a week apart so you don’t break any strings. There doesn’t seem to be a perfect way to do it, but you want to make sure that all the strings are properly adjusted when you are done. Some tuners start in the middle and work up, then return to the middle and work their way down. In general, you want to start tuning in one spot and work your way up or down the keyboard, one note at a time. If this is the case, you can go to my post on replacing tuning pins to see how that is done. If you have an old piano, like mine, you may find that the tuning pins are very loose, and won’t hold the strings in tune.
#Piano tuner wrench how to#
The video at the bottom of this page will show you each step in how to tune the piano. It is free to use, but if you are happy with the software, I encourage you to pay the $35 US to help support the person who wrote this awesome application. This is the software that you will use to tune each of the notes.
#Piano tuner wrench install#
On the laptop you need to download and install AP Tuner. If you don’t have a microphone in your laptop, you can plug-in an external microphone. A tuning ‘ hammer‘ (which is really a wrench), some little rubber wedges called ‘ mutes‘, and a windows based laptop with a built-in microphone. You will need 3 basic tools in order to tune your piano. They still need to be tuned, though if they’re not perfect no one is going to notice.Įach octave has 7 white keys and 5 black keys. It is very rare that the lower 5 and upper 5 keys are used. Most pianos have a full 88 keys, which is 7 ⅓ octaves. Once you have the tools and the knowledge, you will be saving every time the piano needs to be tuned. You will need to buy a few tools, but the total cost of the tools should be less than what a piano tuner would charge (assuming you have your own laptop). This post will show you, step by step, exactly how to tune your piano in a very easy way. One place to do this is by tuning your own piano. In today’s economy, cutting spending is a must.
0 kommentar(er)
