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irl
Citizen
Username: Irl
Post Number: 43
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 3:08 pm: | 
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Can someone A)tell me how much it costs to tune a piano and B) recommend one that charges what he/she should and does a good job? |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 835
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 8:49 pm: |
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I was told that prices range from $70-100-ish for a tuning.
Three names that I've been given (with phone numbers for two) are:
? Dobek 973-740-0538
Albert Lord 973-239-0098
Damon Falzone
I haven't had any of them yet, so I can't give any recommendations for or against. |
pfmfmfaf
Citizen
Username: Pfmfmfaf
Post Number: 27
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 9:15 pm: |
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We've used Arkady Ayzenshtat 201-797-1379. We got his name from one of the elementary school music teachers, and he's tuned our 70ish year old upright piano plus minor repairs in the range of $70-120 (the latter when more work was needed). Very happy with his work--and he's a good piano player, too! |
jeffl
Citizen
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 128
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 16, 2003 - 10:33 pm: |
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Damon Falcone is excellent. He'll cost you just under $100 but he does the pianos at NJPAC. He lives in Berkeley Heights |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Elizabeth
Post Number: 186
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 4:31 am: |
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Jeffl--is Damon Falcone a registered piano technician? I can't find him listed on their website (http://www.ptg.org/rptsearch/show_chapter_list.php?Region=1).
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C Bataille
Citizen
Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 1467
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 6:51 am: |
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I recommend Bob Dowling (973) 586-3090. His fee is $90 and he spends a good hour on the work. Two things I appreciated about his work: he was happy to answer all my little new-piano-owner questions and he gave balanced advice about repair. I later learned that my piano teacher recently switched to Bob for tuning and she is very pleased with his work as well.
We had been given an old, beat-up, but very playable piano by a friend. Bob talked about possible repairs that we might consider but also was honest about the cost/benefit issues. We essentially agreed that it would probably make sense to wait and see if kid or mom (both beginners) developed a serious piano addiction over the next couple of years and then consider buying a better one rather than investing in costly repair of this one.
Bob is also just a nice guy who clearly loves pianos and music in general.
Cathy
aka Bacata/Nakaille
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jeffl
Citizen
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 129
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 9:06 pm: |
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Elizabeth, I can't tell you whether or not he (Damon) is registered. All I can tell you is that he tunes all the NJ PAC pianos and has tuned pianos for every famous jazz/classical pianist you can think of. If NJ PAC trusts him, you can. He's also a great guy. I always seem to end up having conversations with him about some of the jazz gods I've idolized and what he knows, firsthand, about them. |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 47
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 4:36 pm: |
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a piano is never fully tuned. |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 201
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 3:03 pm: |
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I second Bob Dowling's services. We had our 1937 Steinway rebuilt recently, and he was very helpful in putting the final touches. |
snshirsch
Citizen
Username: Snshirsch
Post Number: 74
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 3:06 pm: |
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xavier67,
With Bob putting in the final touches, does that mean you did not have the rebuild done by Steinway? |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 203
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 1:14 pm: |
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The piano, which was in a horrible shape, was rebuilt by someone in Virginia (that's where it was originally). After it was moved up here, we asked Bob to do an "after-a-move" tuning job. He found the piano needed more than just a tuning, and spent a day or two adjusting the work done by the rebulder. |
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