Services We Offer to the St. Louis Metro Area

Our advanced tuning service combines the finest in aural tuning with electronic sound analysis to provide the best possible tuning for your piano. 

This service is designed for pianos which are on a regular schedule, typically tuned yearly.

If it's been more than 3 years, please choose a more extensive service - I will need the extra time to do a pitch adjustment.

This service is designed for first-time customers and pianos which are overdue for service. 

This appointment allows enough time for a pitch raise (pitch adjustment), fine tuning, and basic repairs/adjustments to keys and pedals. If time allows, action screws are tightened and the action is lubricated. 

Lubricate, tighten screws, and adjust pedal mechanism to mitigate pedal squeaking.

This is the typical time and cost to repair a non-functional pedal, actual cost may vary. 

Diagnose and repair issues with a sticky, sluggish, or non-repeating key. 

This is a rough estimate of time and cost for situations where there are multiple problematic keys. 

Diagnose and repair a non-functional key. 

Recommended every 5 years. This is a thorough cleaning of your upright (vertical) piano, whether spinet, studio, or full-sized.

Recommended every 5 years. This is a thorough cleaning of your grand piano. This includes the under-string (soundboard) area.

This is half-hour visit where we carefully inspect a piano and answer your questions. 

For example;

• What is my piano worth?
• How much should I insure it for?
• Is the piano worth repairing?
• How much would the repairs cost?
• Should I buy this piano?

Like the informal evaluation, but includes a written report with photos, details, and estimates of current value, replacement value, etc... Most often this is what is needed for insurance, donation, or tax purposes.