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FAQ: How Do I Clean My Piano?

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanMay 30, 2020Leave a comment

General Recommendations Generally speaking, a soft disposable towel, using warm water and hand/dish soap is safe to use on virtually every finish, key, and case part. Always follow up with a dry soft disposable towel to dry any standing liquid.   Cleaning pianos is a gentle process not a scrubbing process. Pressing hard or vigorous scrubbing may…

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Our Piano Story

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanNovember 5, 20192 Comments

The Piano Story of Duncan & Gina Peterson My wife, Gina, purchased a new Yamaha M450 upright piano in April 2004 from Keith Jorgensen’s Music in Orem, UT. She was then a single masters-degree-holding working woman. I happened to be working for that store during this period of time, so I was sent out to…

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“Creation” Piano Solo – Buy Now!

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanAugust 31, 2019Leave a comment

CLICK HERE TO BUY CREATION ON ITUNES

Steinway Acquires Renner

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanAugust 7, 2019Leave a comment

Steinway has make big leaps and bounds in recent decades in order to maintain old-world craftsmanship while at the same time moving into a high-tech world of the 21st century – and have made some bold moves to maintain their reputation and security in the world of high end concert-level pianos. To begin with in…

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It’s so fun, UNLESS…

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanApril 9, 2019Leave a comment

You know how it’s sooo fun to play the piano? Or to listen to piano music? Unless it just sounds plain terrible? (or a key is sticking, pedal don’t work, string is broken, etc.) Well, that’s what we do. Tune and Service Pianos. Specifically in Utah County, Salt Lake County, Wasatch County and Summit County.…

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Piano Polishing

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanFebruary 26, 2019Leave a comment

Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Young Chang, Samick, Wurlitzer and more all need cleaning and polishing from time to time. I’m not a great writer, but let me show you some examples of the work we love to do: These are some awesome before and after pictures of how polishing your piano can really make it pop!…

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Upright Cleaning – Petrified Mouse?!

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanFebruary 19, 2019Leave a comment

You’ve got to be kidding me! Check out what I found one day inside a piano – the kids were freaking out! Below are a few examples of what we run into when we service pianos. So give us a call to have your piano cleaned. Save a lot of money when you schedule cleaning…

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Mason & Hamlin Voicing

Voicing Mason & Hamlin

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanJanuary 19, 2019Leave a comment

I had the opportunity today to file hammers, regulate, and voice a beautiful Mason & Hamlin grand piano. Now that was fun – especially to see (and hear) the transformation over the course of the 6.5 hours I spent on it. Here are few pics to take you through some of my journey: I was…

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Hammer Flange Repinning

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanJune 8, 20171 Comment

Necessary Tools to Repin: Remove original pin: After inserting new pin trim off excess with flush cutters: After inserting new pin trim off excess with flush cutters:

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Mason & Hamlin

Piano Tuning EducationBy DuncanMay 5, 2017Leave a comment

I just think this is a really pretty picture (I took) of a really nice piano maker’s logo.  (Park City log cabin ceiling reflection.)

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