provide piano tuning, piano repair, old piano repair, piano removing, polishing, buying and selling piano in Malaysia (KL-PJ-Klang Valley).
Certified & Registered piano tuner & technician
ARPT, PTTGNZ (Member of APTTA & IAPBT)
TEL: 0166604478
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.
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.
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.
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.
are you dealing with key stuck, key jam , slow response on your piano?
it happens if the piano is not done with proper humidity control.
this is an image of sticky or what we call sluggish piano parts which cause the piano key stuck or slow response
due to high and low humidity occur, moist and damp hits inside the piano, then felts and clothes material parts will become slightly expand and increase the grip in every parts of the action then the key will become slow in repetition, stuck on and off, more serious, jammed and not functioning.
the action is the internal mechanism of the piano , to simplify, it is the heart of the piano. the action is made with many felt and cloth in every pivot points.
when such thing happen, an anti-friction treatment (overhaul) is the only way to fix the problem. the process is a time-consuming task and it will be pain-stacking if the piano is old.
this is a grand piano action part call the wippen, if you see clearly that every part of the movement joint are consist of a small piece of red felt supporting a pin to give a smooth movement
dealing with loose tuning pins on a grand piano in kuala lumpur malaysia
sometime when you notice one of the reason your piano goes out of tune very fast is due to loose tuning pins. when the tuning pins are loose, they cannot sustain high tension given by the force of the wires, for just a short while after tuned, or after a few days, going out of tune again is common.
there are many ways to solve this matter. the best is to replace the pin block, which is a piece of layered wood block inside behind the golden iron frame (which cannot be seen) that uses to hold and grip the entire piano tuning pins. it will cost very high to replace a new pin block.
But there is another way to solve the problem, which is to simply replace a larger pin. but then, it all have to depend on the piano condition first, so please call an experienced piano tuner or technician for inspection.
