Piano tuning/check up questions

[diabola]

Hello,

I am wondering if people can please tell me:other then tuning your grand piano, what repairs or adjustments do you also require?

BTW: what does voicing mean? and what is the average cost for tuning+other adjustments?


Thank you in advance

[mad_max2024]

Mechanical adjustments when the woods start making noise.
There is the odd broken key once in a few years but nothing much if you take good care of it and make regular checkups/tunings.
If you have an upright you may have to replace or lower the cloth from the practice pedal now and then, but you said grand so...
It also depends on the quality of the piano. Some are quite sturdy and give little problems while others are just a major headache.

No idea what the prices are in your area but whenever I have a piano tech at my place I usually get the "It's a 100€ job but I'm gonna make it 60€ just for you" speech.
Or something like that, I can't remember how much my last tuning cost.

[quantum]

here is an explanation on voicing:
https://www.concertpitchpiano.com/WhatsVoicing.html


The cost of other adjustments varies greatly on what they are.  Tuning around here costs somewhere from $75-100.  I'm finicky about the tone of my piano so I have the tuner do minor voicing adjustments whenever I hear something I think could be improved.  A major overall voicing would of course cost much more and take time to do. 

[richard black]

Any piano should be regulated from time to time - about every third or fourth tuning is not a bad estimate. 'Regulating' is adjusting the action so it's all just spot on. Like any precision mechanism it wears a little and most of the wear can be taken up by minor screw adjustments, up to the point where the whole thing needs a major overhaul which on a good instrument is likely to be only once every several thousand hours of playing (3 hours a day is about 1000 hours a year). There will also be the odd thing that needs repairing like pivot pins slipping out of place, springs breaking, felt and leather bits coming adrift - a lot of these can be fixed by the owner if you're even slightly mechanically minded.