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Even with the cost of annual piano tunings, real pianos are better than electronics.

When buying a piano - If have plastic cream colored parts inside, caution, many turn to dust. Wood is better, repairable.

While electronics once heavily encroached upon the traditional piano style, I sense a reverse interest away from electronics.

If a piano is tuned regularly, adjustments for better playing can be done incrementally on the fly. Else pay big $ or live with it.

It is helpful to a piano tuner if you provide good lighting in the room or at the piano. Seeing, he can adjust what makes it play better.

If you like your piano tuner, the nicest thing you can do for him is to tell your friends about him.

A piano goes out of tune quickly after tuning because 1) it does not receive regular tuning. (It needs at least an annual tuning.)

If you put a new string on a piano, The string requires several follow up tunings to gain stability in pitch. There is a life parallel here.

Churches who wish to honor their God keep their equipment in good condition. This is important in congregational purposes.

If the outside of the piano is grimy, you can just about guess that the insides will be in sad shape too.

Tuners need to know when you have done enough tuning for a day. Too much leads to injury to tendons and forearm muscles.

If you wait too long between tunings, the strings can develop false tones. The needed gross correction causes kinks in the string.

Buying a Piano? If the tuning pins show different shades and some keys are badly out of tune,..It is a red flag. Check it out.

Too much humidity will corrode your steel piano strings. They will become rough and ring poorly. This means tone deteriorates.

Did you know that too much humidity is an enemy of the piano?

The fastest way to ruin an $8,000 investment is to store a piano in an unheated garage, shed, storage unit over the fall, winter & spring.