Piano Tuning FAQ

Clare's charges one flat rate for an in-home tuning, and that price includes stretch tuning, an interior and exterior clean and polish, and a service check of the action parts. There are no separate add-on fees for the standard visit. See your pricing on the contact page or by phone.

Yes. A technician travels to your home anywhere in Fort Worth and across Tarrant County. Pianos are heavy and sensitive, so it is far better to tune them where they live than to move them.

For most home pianos, once a year keeps the instrument at pitch and sounding its best. Pianos that are played hard, used for lessons, or kept in venues may need tuning every six months. A piano that has gone several years without tuning usually needs a pitch raise first.

Stretch tuning is a technique that adjusts the lowest and highest notes slightly beyond pure pitch so the whole keyboard blends. It brings out a richer, fuller tone, and it matters most on grand, antique, and player pianos.

Yes. A piano that has sat for years has usually dropped well below standard pitch, so it needs a pitch raise to bring it back up before a fine tuning will hold. Clare's checks the pitch on site and explains what the piano needs before doing the work.

Grand, upright, player, and spinet pianos. Clare's has restored and tuned player pianos for three generations, so older and unusual instruments are familiar work.

Sticky keys are almost always caused by humidity. When North Texas air swings between damp and dry, the wooden parts inside the piano swell and shrink. The fix is to find the exact cause, clean the parts, and adjust them so the keys move freely again.

Yes. The promise is simple: the best tuning your piano has ever had, or your money back.