Accurate enough to pick the right service. Each D is measured against the stretch of a typical well-tuned piano, and your technician confirms the pitch with professional equipment before any work starts.

When a piano has dropped well below standard pitch, a single tuning won’t hold, because the strings keep settling as the tension changes. A pitch raise adds a first pass to bring the whole piano up, then a fine tuning, both in the same visit.

Mostly time and seasons. Toronto’s dry winters and humid summers make the soundboard shrink and swell, and the strings slowly lose tension between tunings. Moving a piano can shift it too.

It’s common after a humid summer. Bringing it back down takes the same extra passes as a pitch raise, so it’s priced the same.

Every 6 to 12 months for a piano that’s played regularly. Regular tunings also keep it from drifting far enough to need a pitch raise.

Digital pianos never go out of tune, so there’s nothing to measure. The pitch check is for acoustic uprights and grands.

No. Your phone analyzes the sound as it comes in. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent to us unless you choose to send us your results.