new piano tuning pins and wires

got an old grand with many loose tuning pins
so i decided to replace all of them (with slight larger size tuning pins)
meanwhile i also replaced the wires.
look nice right?

Piano broken pedal

Sometime old piano pedals are quite fragile when steps heavily.

Improper handling can cause the pedals break into two parts when accidentally hit and knock something.

if broken, please DO NOT throw away the old pedal. because we still can weld it back.
in case you mis place or threw away, call a piano technician and get a set of new one.

new pedals often come in sets of 3 nowadays. sometime the technician manage to get a same size used one from some old useless piano.

a broken piano pedal

welding a broken piano pedal

new sets of piano pedal

Piano bad regulation

Bad regulated piano action is just like wearing a pair of uncomfortable shoes or driving a

poor aligned car.

Here are some pictures showing you some of the culprits.

Hammer heads are not aligned

Hammer blow distance too far

Improper key dip

Uneven hey height

Improper felts and clothes

Rocking keys without bushing felt support

Bad measurements of back check (too far)

And so on... A time consuming task to get  it done properly

piano regulation

To simplify the term piano regulation, it is a task to perform an adjustment or setting the "alignment"  from the keys strait up to the hammer heads of a piano action.

Every piano (upright or grand piano) has its own "secret measurement" from different piano manufacturer. a well regulated piano will produce a good aftertouch. a bad regulated piano action will generate weird touch, unnecessary noise, double knocking, key jam etc.

some pianist will prefer a firm touch and some prefer a softer,  a professional technician is able to regulate or alter the touch according to their preference by setting the distance, height, weight and other measurement.

To regulate a piano is a time consuming task and must be performed carefully by an experienced piano technician.
how often do we need to regulate the piano? well depend on how frequent and heavy you use the piano
. it is just like driving your vehicle, the more and longer you drive, wheels alignment will likely to go off.

upright piano action

grand piano action

crack or broken piano bridge

when a piano sounds funny, a lot of echo or resonance will be generated when activating the sustain pedal, or the tone will not stay strong which will become too mellow or become honky tonk , try to open the lower panel and check inside, you might find something that surprise you.

sometime these problems which mentioned above are caused by bridge problems.
it might split, cracked, or goes out of original position due to high tension compress , humidity changes,  poor adhesive, low quality material etc.

piano restringing (string or wire replacement)

changing a new piano string or wire is not an easy job, it has to be done by a professional piano technician.

piano string or wire , has their lifespan from time to time. the longer the age the more tension it loss,
there are other reason like loose copper wiring in the bass section, rusty wires, broken wires that will generate unpleasant  sound like buzzing, vibrate, ringing or even goes dead.

in some situation, these problem which mentioned above can be fixed. if cannot, dont worry, just change them. noted that everytime when new strings are replaced, it needs to take time to season, maybe a few times tuning to let them stay as new strings are come with new tension, they will go out of tune easily, so do not worry when u heard the piano goes out of tune in a few days after getting a new strings.

malaysia piano moving transport (KL, PJ) etc.

 
                                            see how we move a grand piano and upright piano

are you moving house? or you just bought a piano from a friend or seller that give you the headache of how to shift?? always look for a piano mover specialist to help you. pay a little bit higher to ensure your piano is safe from place to place, you will never regret.

never ask for a normal home mover to move your piano as a piano is very heavy and need special techniques to handle. we have the all the tools and proper transport vehicle to move your piano. i can guarantee that most of the normal mover will have problem lifting up the piano especially entering the entrance door and narrow lane as they will crack and scratch everywhere.

i mentioned this as i have many clients encounter such incident where the mover said they can do it for a few buck then end up dented and cracking the piano body.

we provide piano moving throughout the whole malaysia, upright and grand piano. charges are different and also depending on the location where additional charges will apply if moving piano up level by using man power.

to prevent such thing happen, please call a specialist to move your piano

this is a video showing how we move an upright piano up a level.

or........ you have a problem moving up to the 1st floor due to narrow staircase or sharp corner, no worry, crane can be arranged.

call to make appointment at 0166604478