Piano tuner recommendation?

I'm looking for someone who can come take care of my "baby". I broke a string on the upper register...need a tuner that does that. Not all do...

Thanks!

 

Not sure if he does this, but we used David Frease from Leesburg 703-771-1909. Good luck.

 

Our tuner, Craig Turner, is coming Saturday and has a 4pm slot still open. He is awesome and we have used him for several years.
He charges $150 and his # is 571-274-5188

 

I've always been partial to members of the Piano Technician's Guild. David Frease is.


A bit more information from Larry Fine (a registered piano technician, member of piano technician's guild, and author of "the piano book"):

"My piano has a broken string. Is that a major repair?

A broken string is neither major nor trivial. If the string is a bass string (steel wound with copper), the replacement string will have to be special-ordered because each model of piano, and each string within that model, has unique specificiations for length, thickness, and so forth. If the broken string is plain steel wire, the technician should be able to replace it on the spot from a reel of wire of the proper diameter. There are about 15 or 20 possible wire diameters for steel piano wire and technicians usually carry a small supply of each in their car. In either case, it will take several additional visits of the tuner over an extended period of time to tune up the new string before it will hold its tune. In the meantime, it may be necessary to mute the new string to prevent it from sounding sour. So, although the replacement of the string itself is not complicated, the whole process can end up being expensive and a nuisance. Larry Fine

 

For those of you interested Craig Turner is Piano Technicians Guild member # 12804.
He also has articles published in their magazine.

 

Thanks. That's good to know.

 

And no one asked "how did you break a piano string?" Well, if you remember that pianos are percussion instruments (a hammer striking a string) and you play REALLY loud Billy Joel renditions...you'll hear the string snap.

BTW, it was New York State of Mind in case any one was interested. I play that song when I need to let my mind go bye-bye for a little while. Reminds me of home.

It's in the upper register 3 above middle c. Won't be a big deal. Did it before and will probably do it again.