Posted: 4/13/2016 12:12:08 PM EDT
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Anyone venture into tuning piano's to supply the gun budget? If so what kind of training did you go through- are online piano tuning courses sufficient?
I've played piano my whole life and guitar the last 15 years. I was thinking of this as a somewhat interesting way to make some spare cash that would be less liable than custom ammo sales. |
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Piano sales as far as hammer on a steel wire pianos go are to the point that a piano tuner would probably die of starvation trying to make money in most areas. I am not saying there isn't a need but the demand would be very low. Yep. I was on the committee at our church this last year to eliminate our "real" piano and replace it with an electronic piano that didn't need to be tuned 3 or 4 times a year at a couple hundred bucks a pop. We got a very nice baby grand looking Yamaha electronic that ended up elimating the need for our our ancient electronic organ as well. OTOH a buddy of mine is a repair tech for electronic keyboards as a side business and makes about $6k/yr. in suburban SE MI. But he's an electrical engineer so diagnosing issues at the board level is no big deal for him |
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Tuning a piano, as in just the string tension like a guitar, is not that bad. There are software tools that make it far easier than it once was. All the piano tuners I've used, either use a Macbook or an iPad with software to tune. It just that it's a heck of alot of strings compared to the guitar, and there's complexity in tuning due to keys having mutliple strings (that's where the software app shines).
Most tuners in the area here are affliated with a piano store, and they also tune keyboards, hammers, etc.; and do repairs. They will make money buying used pianos that are in need of repair, repair and tune those for resell. A good piano doesn't need to be tuned 3 or 4 times a year, likely just twice if picky, but can go several years. If it is a good name-brand piano that needs frequent tuning, it needs repair, or has been missused or badly stored. |
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Tuning a piano, as in just the string tension like a guitar, is not that bad. There are software tools that make it far easier than it once was. All the piano tuners I've used, either use a Macbook or an iPad with software to tune. It just that it's a heck of alot of strings compared to the guitar, and there's complexity in tuning due to keys having mutliple strings (that's where the software app shines). Most tuners in the area here are affliated with a piano store, and they also tune keyboards, hammers, etc.; and do repairs. They will make money buying used pianos that are in need of repair, repair and tune those for resell. A good piano doesn't need to be tuned 3 or 4 times a year, likely just twice if picky, but can go several years. If it is a good name-brand piano that needs frequent tuning, it needs repair, or has been missused or badly stored. Our church doesn't heat cool the sanctuary to comfortable levels unless there is a service. So during the winter the piano will sit at 62° all week and then 72° for the Sunday service. During the summer the piano will sit at 85° all week and then be brought back down to 72° for the service. It gets thermally cycled a minimum of 52 times per year. Special services add more cycles. 
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