Pianoteq YouTube videos from a piano tuner

For those of us that aren't experienced, the process can be quite lengthy. A number of years ago, I tuned a couple of awful upright pianos I had. My original 1948 Wurlitzer spinet piano was flat exactly 1 half-step in the bass compared to the treble from Middle C downward. This made for a real funky sound and the cost of tunings was a bit much. When the piano went out of tune the minute the tuner left the driveway, I knew I had to do something myself so I got myself a tuning kit.

4-plus hours later, my piano was tuned. It actually sounded pretty good and remained in tune as long as it did when a tuner did it, but I had a headache that lasted for at least 4 hours afterwards! I got better as time went on, meaning I could tune it in about 45 minutes to an hour, but still my ears would become "blind" to some areas of the piano such as the very low end where everything was like mush.

With that said, I have a real, and I mean REAL appreciation for piano tuners after that. I have a tuner come in twice a year to tune my grand. I have him do it and don't bother touching the instrument myself not even to adjust an occasional off unison which is rare anyway. I let him get the job done in less than 30 minutes and the piano is good to go and I don't have a headache either.