Tuning A Piano By Ear

It has recently come to my attention that most piano tuners, yes even the ones that consider themselves "professionals", tune pianos with electronic piano tuning devices. This may be a viable option for some but the reality stands that a piano tuned with a tuning device cannot sound as good as a piano tuned by ear.

When a piano is tuned by a trained human ear, the tuner can take into account not only the "pitch" of the piano but also the overall acoustics of the instrument and the acoustics of the room/environment that the piano is in.

Denver Piano Tuners and Josh Lanier always tune by ear. Typically we begin by using a device for the 1st few notes just to make doubly sure that the piano is being tuned to proper A440 pitch and then from there we tune the rest of the piano by ear. This ensures the best possible tone and vibrancy of the sound board and strings.

All of this to say, make sure that your piano is tuned by ear if you want the best possible sound from your instrument as you play.

"A properly tuned piano resonates with the soul"