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There ae all sorts of risks, which have to be weighed up against the advantages of having it up to pitch. Soundboards are not usually a problem, but bridges, iron frames, strings all have to be inspected, even assuming that the piano is capable of being tuned at all. Ask your tuner, he is there on ...

I forgot to answer your point about the pitch. The vast majority of piano owners do not have their pianos tuned regularly enough, and they drop in pitch more than the tuner can raise them safely in one visit, so they go gradually downwards. It is not at all uncommon to find a piano one or two semit...

Like Steinmayer and many others, Steinmetz has more recently become available as a cheap name transfer to be put onto any piano when it is repolished, losing the original name. We have no dates of serial numbers, and the pianos cannot always be identified, so any clues will be hidden inside. Have a...

Hi, I have a piano which has been passed down my family. It has the word "STEINMETZ" on the lid in yellow. It has it's own matching seat, and the wood is a dark brown colour. There is a number inside, 30615, which may be some sort of serial code. On one of the planks of wood, there is a co...