How to Tune the Piano 2021 - Tools & Tuning

How to Tune the Piano 2021 - Tools & Tuning - DIY!

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Like most people, you probably have an old piano collecting dust somewhere in the house. In this video I show you how to tune the piano all by yourself. You don't need to be a piano tuner expert or have super expensive tools. Basically it just requires a piano tuning hammer + a felt strap and a little bit of time. In the video we talk about what tools you need, how the different areas of the piano are tuned.
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I hope you will find my piano tuning video useful, and that it will help you gain confidence to tune your own piano.
I don’t pretend to be a piano tuning expert, but this is how I tune the piano. ;)
We are not gonna get mathematical, there are plenty of other videos explaining the equally tempered tuning. Instead, we are going to focus on just tuning the piano.
Let me know if you have any questions in the video comments!
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CONTENTS
00:00 Piano Intro
00:06 Introduction talk
00:50 Blue Microphone for piano
01:07 Piano Tuning Tools
01:58 Piano Tuning Hammer
02:35 Tuning App - Panotuner
03:21 Muting Felt
04:01 Concert Pitch - 440hz
04:33 Tuning Principle - String tension
05:27 Tuning Piano Key A1
05:51 How to find the tuning point location
06:59 Tuning Piano Key A4
08:17 String 2/3
08:52 String 3/3
09:50 Piano improvisation jam

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3 жыл бұрын

This is fastest and clearest piano tuning explanation in youtube. I need to buy a piano for tuning now.

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks Altan, yeah I tried to keep it focused and on the important parts. Too many talk about the math behind tunings and note relations etc. It just eats time when you have an iPad/iPhone to look at when tuning a piano. Quick and easy tuning! Enjoy that incoming piano. I know u will grab one Altan. 😂🥳🎂🦊

@kristiiiiiiiii 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@martinrother 2 жыл бұрын

to much false behaviour

@davidmcrae4791 2 жыл бұрын

get one for free! plenty of people have pianos they just want to get rid of!

@lizhunter-smith878 Жыл бұрын

@@davidmcrae4791 I second that, I've just acquired one for free, it was found in an old house someone had bought to renovate. It's perfectly fine, and now I know how to tune it!

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

@kolbiter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for such a clear and simple video. I'm about to surprise my wife when she comes home to a newly tuned piano! You play beautifully, by the way.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful gift to your wife! Nothing beats a well tuned piano so she can play along to favourite Spotify tracks! Thanks, appreciate the kind feedback on my playing and music! Salut Dymer!

@myoptik3x103 Жыл бұрын

I never would have considered tackling the job of tuning a piano before, but having watched the excellent tutorial it seems very manageable. Outstanding lesson!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Wonderul feedback, thanks! Happy tuning! 🍿

@TheKiiS 5 ай бұрын

Don’t let them fool you: tuning a piano is impossible and all attempts should be reserved for a starving artist who’ll eventually appear 😂❤

@daggeman Жыл бұрын

Tack Mattias uppskattar din goda pedagogiska och respektfulla hantering av denna viktiga yrkeskategori.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Tack Dag. Ja jag tycker det är viktigt att det inte handlar om att trampa någon på fötterna. Utan bara om hur jag personligen gör för att stämma mina pianon. Och det har fungerat prima. ☀️🥁☕️

@coryward2576 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement and tips. My daughter and i are working an old family Heirloom together. This will make her day

@MattiasHolmgren 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful, hope you get that heirloom up and running with a newborn glow! Let me know how it goes!

@Boobootheefool 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This video is so organized and you are so clear with your instructions! I'm so happy I found this video. Thank you❤

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, always happy to inspire! Glad my hard work I put into the videos and content comes across! ☕️🍿🥳🥁Happy tuning!

@arielleforeman2923 2 жыл бұрын

This still works for a 203 year old upright. Thank you!! Mine required much repair work- but thank you! You made the tuning process simple and easy.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear my piano tuning video was helpful and that you got that piano "upright". ;)

@SantiagoSanchez-ls9ib 2 жыл бұрын

By far one of the best videos I've seen lately on KZfaq. Thank you sir

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Why thank you so much Santiago! Happy to inspire! New video will drop later today!☀️🥁

@mikedurham724 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have an upright that hadn't been tuned since May 28th, 1975 and I was able to finally get it tuned!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, awesome, good to hear you also got a nice clean tuned piano now too! Happy to inspire! It took me years to dare tune my own piano the first time. But it's no biggie. 🌞

@nothanks7285 2 жыл бұрын

As a guitarist, I was always taught that you should tune up, not down - so for example if my target pitch is A, I tune up from A flat, never down from A#. Something about slippage in the tuners. That final twist to fine-tune onto the exact pitch should always be upwards. If you go too far, tune back down to below the note and come up to it again. And actually after 30 years of playing I can say that it does indeed make a difference - you're much more likely to slip out of tune, to the flat side if you do it wrong. Not sure if it applies to piano but in theory the concept is the same.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

From light to heavy strain…Thats usually what you end up doing because of the way torque / pressure / strain works without even thinking about it. If you go too high yes you tune down and most of the time end up with too much slack. Then its easier to apply pressure little by little upwards (wiggle that hammer) 😂🥳🥁☕️☀️

@rjprivate 2 жыл бұрын

Might it also be the nut of the guitar that forces upward tuning? I think there is an uneven resistance there in which direction the string is going. I might be wrong though

@Titchtheclown Жыл бұрын

The tuning up rule for guitars is due to slop in the gears. Tuning down can introduce small gaps between the gears that release over time and cause the guitar tuning to dip slightly after a while. Tuning up keeps the gears in constant strain/contact so there is less chance of introducing slop. Tuning down is less of a problem with better quality machine heads or where there are no gears like on piano pins.

@rosalindewinston7860 Жыл бұрын

@@Titchtheclown na, there are some piano tuner that tune down and then up. they never go over pitch. takes them forever. I'm factory trained, we tune over pitch then lower. usually a few times per string.

@zackeryhardy9504 Жыл бұрын

The mechanism for a piano is different for the guitar. For pianos due to the fact that you introduced flex in the pin, you need to unwind that tension by going back down so the top of the tuning pin is in the same relation as the bottom of the pin. If you do not do this, you will wind up with a flat piano literally in a few weeks. Now for the old mason screw stringers you do have to go up like a guitar given the mechanical nature of that mechanism. But you are not likely to find many of those.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

New video! 5 tips to improve your piano playing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZt6pb2n0L3Go5c.html

@positivecommenter1 5 ай бұрын

This is such an amazing video! Everything is explained so great! Thank you!!❤

@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful my friend! 🎅🍿🎻

@azxtnt 2 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing tutorial, i love how you were very straightforward with it and this made me buy a piano tuning kit so I can tune our piano. Nice job!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks a million. So happy this video has taken off and is so appreciated! A coffee back at ya! ☀️💎🥳☕️

@979dmg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you explained it well. Very clear and easy to follow.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy my piano tuning video has inspired to many tuning sessions throughout the world! It's not a big deal! It just takes a little time. ;) THanks!

@gunterschlafel3963 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, just what I needed!!!! Excellent video! Now I´ll start looking after a piano tuning hammer:) Thank you very much:)))))

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help Gúnter!

@patrickmestabrook 2 жыл бұрын

YOU'RE AWESOME thank you so much for this concise and heartwarming video!!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Jessie! ☕ right back at you!

@tommc6559 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent, clear and right to the point video, Mr. Holmgren. I have a 50+ year old Hardman upright that hasn’t been tuned in over 10 years I used to have an old-school piano tuner (using 4 different freq. tuning forks) come to my house every couple years, but I think he passed away, and the piano has just sat there, with the exception of an occasional hammering from the little hands of my grandkids.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, used to have those old guys come in and do the tuning. But now I can do it whenever I want and also when those guys start dropping off. Tuning folks are hard to come by these days… and so is the real upright piano. Manu people swapped for an electric Roland / Yamaha or whatever. 😂😁🦊🥁☕️

@leegrenier6241 2 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful and very clear , thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to inspire to tune the piano! 🥳☀️🦊

@emilcia_44_ 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've been playing the digital piano all my life, I've got an acoustic one since yesterday, it sounds great once it's tuned!

@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

Happy tuning 🏆🌞

@gabrielb.3734 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for explaining this! Many other videos make it seem so complicated.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Gabriel! Happy tuning pianos! 😄☕

@MechInvent Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Best version on KZfaq... Also, love the song at the end. Now time to get my kit..

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks James! 🙏😄

@eyaloch Жыл бұрын

this is a great and simple piano tuning explanation, thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Eyal! 🙏🥁🎉😄

@theresayockim3750 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Appreciate the help AND your playing!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to share some ideas. Glad it was inspiring Theresa. Appreciate the feedback! 🎊🍿☀️☕️

@BrettGarcia Жыл бұрын

AWESOME !!! love the stright to the point!!!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked my clip Brett!!

@shaylagrzegorz5983 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! I can understand and very helping. And i am gonna try to tune my piano. Thank you so much! 😊😊

@MattiasHolmgren Ай бұрын

U are welcome. Happy tuning! ☕️😄

@alwlferventdreams2651 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to teach us all and make this video. 🖖🏼

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You art so welcome 🙏👌🥳☕️🍀🥁

@broerymarantika853 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, need to get these tools. Will do mine soon, thanks to your instructional videos 👍🏼

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Superb, thanks for writing Broery! Good luck with the tuning! 👌🥁☀️☕️

@jerryhawkins9534 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I found this video. Thank you.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Jerry! ☀️🥁

@mrlintonious 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that piano sounds beautiful. Amazing playing.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 🌞😀

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

IMPORTANT! Watch Part 2 where I answer some of your questions here -> LEARN TO TUNE A PIANO 🎹here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7NxhtuVl5O6hJ8.html

@brunoromiti7708 2 жыл бұрын

has anyone told you what a life saving video this is? thanks for the help man! my regards from brazil!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruno, yes I am very happy my piano tuning video is so appreciated and has helped many people take the steps to set their piano in tune once and for all! ☀️🍿🥳🎻☕️🥁

@rachelglass9131 Жыл бұрын

this video was amazing. im getting a free piano from market place that i'm going to pick up this week that im sure will need some tuning. You're awesome! thank you for making things seem not so intimidating!!!!! with love, rayray

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks for writing Rachel! I’m happy to help out,. Enjoy that new piano and lemme know how the tuning goes! 🥳🥁☕️☀️

@STOLACE 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful and concise! Thank you for teaching us!

@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

Thanks happy to share! 🌟🥁

@dora.fratric 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the instructions. I will try to tune my piano tomorrow for the first time ever. I think I can do it 💪!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome. Good luck with the tuning. Let me know how it turns out! Maybe share a tune on socials. 🥁🎹☕️☀️

@agonzalez1324 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That was Clear and Understandable. Blessings!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to inspire! 👌😃

@paulruez7906 Жыл бұрын

I have a very old antique piano I just bought, this video is great because I could not find anyone that wanted to come tune it . lol

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your piano Paul. Thanks for the feedback. I’m glad to hear my piano tuning video helps people out with the tuning! Let me know how it turns out! Happy friday Paul! 😄🎁👌☕️

@danemcbaine8835 11 ай бұрын

I got an old Piano from the 30's in questionable shape at a thrift store and want to try and make it usable myself. This helps a lot!

@MattiasHolmgren 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful, thanks! 🙏💎🍀

@bigbadbillb Жыл бұрын

Nicely done! Clear and easy to follow. I always have a struggle with tuning the high treble notes, even with a tuning device. If you could demonstrate how you do this, perhaps in a future video, that would be really helpful. Thanks!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks appreciate the warm feedback. I first tune the middle string. Then use my ears as well as the tuning device when tuning the other with one muted at a time. Listen for when the ”oscillation” is locked in tune, when the two string pitches doesn’t go out of phase, or oscillation is as slow as possible. Did you watch my sequal episode (link is in the video description if I recall correctly). Thanks again 🙏👌

@martijnvos712 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this no-nonsense approach! We are finally tuning our piano now.....

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Wonderful 💪👌😁🎉

@juanpablovp0 7 ай бұрын

That Olafur's Saman at the beginning bought me! Excellent choice!

@MattiasHolmgren 7 ай бұрын

Thanks 👌☕️🎉😄

@ScotchInMyGulletDeadassBro 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video, thank you

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Eric! Merry x-mas!

@artistjoemartieschef5534 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Coach for your teaching to us.. may the Lord Bless you forever

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Jomar!

@brianwhite3771 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful and appreciated 👍 👍 Thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

U art welcome Brian! Happy piano tuning! 🎹🥁🍿

@yalegusmle 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best DIY teaching of piano tuning for me, thanks so much!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Happy to inspire! 🌞🥳🦊

@Brian-el1ov 5 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. Thank you

@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian 🌟🎅🎄

@sunnyxiong3560 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks a lot for the details!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to share some piano joy Sunny! ☀️☕️🥁

@juyoleyva9330 Жыл бұрын

This video should be on top on the search. ! Other people suck and confuse everyone apparently! This guys is simple and easy

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Oh thanks Juyo 🙏🌞😀 I'm very happy to share this DIY piano tuning tutorials. Piano tuning is really not that big of a deal (on most old pianos).

@OooR3ooO Жыл бұрын

Justed tuned, halv of the piano.. after 1.5 years.. had the key and all.. Thanks for the video, and amazing 2 hear u play 👏🏼

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and Im always happy to inspire Robin! ☀️😃🥁

@stevencook9167 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video will be a great help

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Steven! Thanks!

@jeep9978 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@MattiasHolmgren Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@OCUBOX 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this straight forward workflow, with my perfect pitch, playing a out of tune piano a music teacher uses to teach, behooves me! How can she not hear that the piano is completely dead.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the "bar piano" sound was never my thing either. Happy to hear you enjoy my piano tuning video! Thanks for the feedback! Have a wonderful weekend! 🌞

@maryjewell9795 2 жыл бұрын

I am VERY appreciative of your video, which got me over the hump of trying this for myself. Thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to inspire and good luck tuning that Piano! ☀️☕️🦊

@maryjewell9795 2 жыл бұрын

Just an update...I have about one octave left! I have learned a lot about listening when tuning...This piano is used solely for teaching music online...very happy with the results :)

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats Mary, so glad you took the steps to tune! Its no big deal and you can retune whenever you need if you got the tools! ☀️🎹🥁

@DawphinOfficial Жыл бұрын

Loved the Saman improv at the end! Olafur Arnalds' music is amazing

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 yeah he’s the best! Minimalism and emotions! Less is more.

@Titchtheclown Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I have just started tuning my father in law's piano and tuning using the interference patterns to supplement the app will speed up what I was trying fantastically.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@robotwolf 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this video. It has given me the confidence to attempt this on my old player piano. Pro tuners tend to charge more for player pianos due to the cramped nature of their innards.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing, let me know how it goes. Happy tuning! ;)

@TonyDiem 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, I just received the hammer tuning kit I ordered. And I found one key I knew was bad. OMG! Thank you so much, this was awesome! It helped so much. And your explanations were so simple and clear. After fiddling trying to find a socket that would fit nicely, I was following along and ugh, I lost one of the strings badly and just couldn't trust the short connection on the pin with the 1/4" 12 point socket . I broke down and ordered a hammer and muting kit which arrived today--praying and hoping my wife wouldn't play it and find how far out of tune I made the one key. After having some soup for lunch, I went to work on the one key that I screwed up. Wow! Just wow! The hammer and your instructions it just worked flawlessly. I have a few more to go, but wow what an improvement! Thanks again! Oh, I didn't know piano's had pets. She has so many little dust bunnies. What's the best way to vacuum out all the felt? I was thinking an an air hose, shop vacuum with a large receiver and a 20" box fan with air filters attached? and keep the room closed while doing this?

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Greets Tony! Happy to inspire. ;) Yeah piano tuning isn't a big deal as long as you have a proper hammer! Great it worked out well. I need to go back and tune my own piano again since we've had so much fluctuations in both temperaturs and humidity during the swedish winter. Hehe, dust bunnies. ;) I've no idea how to clean that felt. But I would highly recommend a fiber cloth / tovel for cleaning the piano. Yeah keep a vacuum cleaner close! Tell me about it, I'm building a second floor on our house (and a brand new YouTUbe studio) and it gets pretty dusty every day, lol. Gonna take a while until it settles after the finished construction. Thanks for writing and sharing your story!

@user-yl6tn5lr8b Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Don! Happy tuning! 😉

@garygarner9605 2 жыл бұрын

The piano is the most beautiful instrument in the world. My grandmother had an old upright and I fell in love with it. Been playing eversince

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

I agree Gary. It’s a wonderful experience drifting away playing an old (but well tuned) upright. It never gets out of time. ☀️😃

@sayonara6301 2 жыл бұрын

Very good explanation 👍👍👍

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏🍀

@EduardoSilva-cx9ow Жыл бұрын

Mattias, I learned more from you in 10 minutes, than I learn from an entire course. Thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thats wonderful, happy to share some piano tips! Thanks for writing Eduardo! What kind of piano do you have? 🌱😄💎

@EduardoSilva-cx9ow Жыл бұрын

@@MattiasHolmgren I have a baby grand Kawai. It is 30+ years old and it has been in the US, Brazil and now in Sweden.

@dimitriydzyuba218 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm interested in learning how to tune pianos, and this has been very helpful!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Dimitriy! Happy piano tuning! ☀️🥳🍿

@tommc6559 2 жыл бұрын

Now that I’ve seen that the only tools you need are the tuning hammer and felt strip, I’m so glad that I didn’t purchase an elaborate tuning kit with a bunch of parts I won’t need. The kit arrives tomorrow, and I’ve already downloaded the tuning program that you are using. I’m going to enjoy this! Thanks again.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Superb Tom, happy to share. Hope u get that old piano back into shape. Yeah all u need is the hammer but the tuning dampening belt helps tremendously. Love to hear all the backstories. ☀️

@garycreativemusic5271 Жыл бұрын

Thanks I’m now subscribed this helped a lot with an old piano

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Gary! Thanks for the sub!

@muminnabil7473 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Tuning was the main reason I stayed away from acoustic pianos, I'm reconsidering it now thanks to your tutorial.

@MattiasHolmgren 6 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@kimberlydeprey 2 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kimberly! ☀️☕️

@Daegis88 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this clear / concise / simple video. I just bought piano tuning equipment on Amazon for 9$ and am looking forward to trying it out

@MattiasHolmgren 8 ай бұрын

Have fun! Happy tuning!

@Auriel17 6 ай бұрын

useful, quick and to the point, nice quality video, love it! so if you can tune your guitar you can tune your piano! :D

@MattiasHolmgren 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah it just takes a few hours more 😂💪🎉🥳

@TheOrangeCowboy 2 жыл бұрын

I just tuned my first piano thanks to you! Its old and left in unheated rooms, but its a playable piano now. And every handful of keys i tuned, i discovered little musical phrases to expan on at a future date. Again, many thanks 😊

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Hi TOC, thanks for sharing about your successful piano tuning adventure! Very glad to inspire! Thanks from icy sweden! 🌞

@Diaafawal85 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Thank you for your efforts! ❤️❤️

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Diaa! Thanks for the feedback! 🥁☕️

@allenzhou506 Жыл бұрын

Wow...excellent video!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏😃

@olafsfamily2097 2 жыл бұрын

this was real helpful, got me the family piano from the 1880s and it could use a tuning.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Superb, hope you get the piano in check and in tune Olaf!

@Gaswald 2 ай бұрын

Tack! That improvisation at the end was one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard! Now, time to hit the hardware store and get a hammer.

@dayanperera2065 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mattias ! Thank you for this nice video, it helped me to understand the basics and hopefully i am going to try and tune my Piano for the first time.

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Dayan!

@dayanperera2065 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Again Mattias, will let you know if i am successful.

@tommybo4828 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Tommy!

@A10Cobra 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am not a piano player but my daughter does play. I was able to clean and tune a Baldwin upright and it sounds exponentially better. Quite a fun evening project.

@MattiasHolmgren 3 ай бұрын

Lovely to hear about your succeess. It’s lovely to be able to play the piano with a sweet tuning again. 👍😄

@weidongjiang8520 9 ай бұрын

I did it , thanks very much 😊

@MattiasHolmgren 9 ай бұрын

Congrats, see there! 👌👍🎉😄 It’s not that hard. 🥁🥳 Big 👻Boooo to the few negative comments!

@oskjan1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Tuned my parents piano and now it's highly playable, no more sour chords.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You are welcome oskjan! Thanks for sharing your piano tuning success!!!☀️☀️☀️☕️

@jakesinclair7452 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding. No frills but covered all the basic steps and clarified the use of the felt. Thank you Mattias!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jake. Appreciate the feedback. Happy to share my piano tuning process! 🎄🥁☕️ Merry xmas

@jakesinclair7452 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattiasHolmgren Servant of the people Mattias! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. 🌲🌟🌲

@MoonlightSonata-el2gw 14 күн бұрын

hello, thanks so much for the video ❤. I pay about $150 every year for my grand piano tuning. Last year the piano tuner was sick but still came over and didn't do much for $150. I wasn't happy and have decided to learn how to tune my own piano and glad I found your video 😊

@MattiasHolmgren 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!! Yeah it's not a big deal, just takes some time.

@kaisykaisy Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@dougl409 Жыл бұрын

As a DIYer at heart, I learned to tune and rebuild pianos in my 20's through a comprehensive course and a lot of research. I had a side business rebuilding for about ten years. There is so much more to a good tuning than is provided here. It's great that you expose people to the basic ideas so they don't have to fear their pianos but I hope people will do some more research. One thing I saw that should be avoided is all costs is the touching of the strings. Wear gloves if you want to use your hands or get rubber stick mutes. The oils on your fingers will accelerate the rusting process on the strings.

@kukamungamassey7438 Жыл бұрын

I’m trying to look into repairing old pianos but most videos/websites lead to basic stuff. Is there anything you can suggest to go deeper into the subject?

@dougl409 Жыл бұрын

@@kukamungamassey7438 The greatest book I've ever come across is Arthur Reblitz' Piano Servicing Tuning & Rebuilding. It covers everything you could ever do to a piano and very clearly with great photos and illustrations. Good luck to you!

@kukamungamassey7438 Жыл бұрын

@@dougl409 awesome, thank you so much. I was scrolling fb marketplace and saw so many beautiful pianos that were just…free. Some were even willing to deliver. But I found one that caught my attention and it was a George Steck baby grand piano. I know almost nothing about pianos other than they are very expensive so I wanted to get that one, fix it up and finally teach myself to play and possibly fix others to sell/donate since there are just so many. But thank you for your help, I have a lot of research and practice until I get to that point.

@dougl409 Жыл бұрын

@@kukamungamassey7438 The piano is a fascinating instrument. Have fun getting to work on one and good luck learning to play. I taught myself to play at the age of 25 and I play every day and am now 58. I have a 103 year old Bush & Lane upright that looks and sounds almost as good as new. I am currently waiting for six bass strings to come back from the string manufacturer because the copper windings had loosened up a little and were creating an annoying buzz.

@kukamungamassey7438 Жыл бұрын

@@dougl409 I have enough musical background to teach myself how to play but it seems so difficult and complex but simple at the same time. I started playing trombone at 10 years old and haven’t put it down since. Over the years of middle and high school I’ve learned all of the brass and want to learn piano since it will be a required class in college so hopefully I’ll be able to very soon. Guitar would probably be my next instrument to learn but that one will have to wait a little bit.

@user-oz8he3gr8t 5 ай бұрын

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@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

Dunno w hat t hat mean s. 😉🏆🥁

@flyingsodwai1382 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, my friend.

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You're welcome friend! 🌞

@sebastianpage8507 2 ай бұрын

Well that saved me a lot of money 😊 cheers man!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@reggierose4563 6 ай бұрын

Very cool

@MattiasHolmgren 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@nicolasperez3574 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MattiasHolmgren Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Nicolas, good to have you onboard! 🎻

@behemothokun 2 жыл бұрын

This will help immensily. My small non Profit I do work for got a piano as a donation which needs a tune. We can't justify to hire a professional tuner but buying a tuning kit and a bit of patience is something we can do

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to share some tips and my process of tuning my own piano. Good luck with the tuning and do let me know how it turns out for you. ;)

@TechPithan 5 ай бұрын

Love it!! Thanks

@MattiasHolmgren 5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@jonathantaylor3586 8 ай бұрын

Excellent

@MattiasHolmgren 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@mhmd1120 2 жыл бұрын

thank you very much you are a life saver

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Did u manage to tune your old piano? 🥳🍿☕️

@mhmd1120 2 жыл бұрын

@@MattiasHolmgren Yes I'm actually doing it right now and till now it sounds perfect😁❤🙌🏼

@MaybeLoveHate 3 жыл бұрын

This is great, thank you! There are so many keys : )

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

You are welxome. Happy tuning the 10000 keys on the piano. 🥳

@Blurberrybrown 3 жыл бұрын

That is actually very interesting.

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. 🌞🥳

@rufinoaguirre7651 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mikeywilde 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very muchi!!!!

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Mikey!

@Magicaltooth 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Very clear instructions.

@MattiasHolmgren 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciate the feedback! 🌞🎂

@adameury60 2 жыл бұрын

That was surprisingly straight-forward! lol

@MattiasHolmgren 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, yeah it just takes a little bit of patience. 😂🥳☕️

@shawnlennon1947 10 ай бұрын

Sounds good enough to my ears. Got a beautiful upright for 200 bones a little bit ago that I’m gonna try this to tomorrow. Wish me luck.

@MattiasHolmgren 10 ай бұрын

Best of luck Shawn!

@shawnlennon1947 10 ай бұрын

@@MattiasHolmgren do you find on those apps your using (I downloaded the lite version of what you got and one called KeyTuner) are very fickle on the very low strings? And My chromatic guitar tuner only really picked up the middle of the piano which makes sense. Any suggestions?

@MattiasHolmgren 10 ай бұрын

Yeah its a bit harder to get those low strings recognized accurately with the tuning apps, I use my ears too and verify (tune) against an octave above.