Let’s understand the challenges you are up against, so you can see why it takes so long to master. Other benchmarks I saw floating out their were 1000 tunings or up to 3 years, before you are a proficient tuner! How long does it take for a pro to learn? One technician said it took him 6 months of frequent tuning as an apprentice before he felt consistent tuning pianos. I also read of a piano technician instructor who gave 20 hour trainings to prospective technicians and after the training he thought about 35% of trainees were able to perform acceptable tunings (source found here). To give you a sense of the energy required in the task, I read about amateurs who were able to tune their piano over the course of a week after watching after watching many hours of youtube guides. You also, won’t be able to tune it to the level of a professional. So, can you tune your own piano? Yes you can, however, it’s extremely difficult! You need the right tools, a lot of patience, and should tune a junker piano first.
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For the adventurous, you can check out this detailed plan for how to tune your piano. This article simply addresses whether you can tune a piano yourself. I leave that to professional technicians. To help you decide if you can tune your piano, I will give an overview the process, including the cost of the tools, and challenges/dangers involved. But how hard is it really? Could an amateur do a half decent job after a days work? While I am not a piano technician I wanted to answer this quetion for myself (I thought hey, maybe tuning pianos could be an easy side hustle).
You probably realize that tuning a piano is a much more complicated process then tuning a guitar. If your piano is starting to sound out of tune, you may be interested in trying to tune the piano yourself.
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