Piano Pitch Raise in Fort Worth

When a piano has not been tuned in years, it often sits well below standard pitch. A pitch raise brings it back up so a proper tuning can hold.

A pitch raise is a first pass that lifts a badly flat piano back toward standard A440. A piano that has drifted far from pitch cannot be fine-tuned in a single pass, because raising the tension changes the tuning as the technician works. The pitch raise gets the piano close, then a fine tuning sets it. Clare's checks the pitch on site and tells you before any extra work.

How to know your piano needs one

If your piano has gone five or more years without a tuning, or it sounds flat next to other instruments, it has likely dropped below pitch. The strings hold tens of thousands of pounds of combined tension, and that tension slowly relaxes over time.

It has not been tuned in several years
It sounds noticeably flat played with a phone tuning app or another instrument
It was recently moved into the home
It is a used piano you just bought and its history is unknown

How it is priced

A pitch raise is assessed during the visit, because it depends on how far the piano has dropped. Clare's tells you what the piano needs and what it costs before doing the work. There are no surprises added after the fact.

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Piano Pitch Raise in Fort Worth

How to know your piano needs one

How it is priced

Other services

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