Piano Tuning & Repair Services in Virginia

$180

Standard Tuning to A440 or any alternative reference pitch. Recommended every 6-9 months.

$275

Pianos left untuned for a year or more often fall drastically out of tune and first require a “pitch raise” (or lowering) in addition to a standard tuning, which essentially requires tuning the piano twice. You can avoid this extra cost by keeping your piano tuned at least once a year.

$250

Very precise and tenacious tuning that can be scheduled up to a week prior to a concert or performance. Tunings can be specifically tailored to genre, style, composition, or a performer’s preferences.

$40-$75

Comprehensive, on-site assessment of your piano’s condition and performance. The technician will inspect the instrument , identify existing or potential problems, and recommend appropriate repairs, adjustments, or maintenance. This service is ideal for pianos exhibiting unusual noises, sticking keys, pedal issues, action problems, and tuning instability.

Service Call fee varies due to travel distance for the technician.

$75

Minor repairs include issues that require less than one hour of labor: sticking keys, pedal adjustments, broken springs, loose hardware, and minor action regulations.

$100/hour

This covers the time and expertise required to diagnose, adjust, repair, restore or replace components of a piano that are not included in standard tuning, regulation or maintenance services.

Examples of repair labor include correcting mechanical faults, replacing worn or broken parts, repairing action components, and addressing pedal/trapwork issues.

$125

Adjustment of select action components to improve touch, responsiveness, and consistency in specific areas of the piano. Including correcting lost motion, adjusting let-off, drop, key dip, hammer travel, repition, or damper timing on individual notes or limited sections of the keyboard.

$300

Comprehensive adjustment of the piano’s action, keyboard, and damper systems to restore proper touch, responsiveness, and performance throughout the instrument. Services include regulation of key height, key dip, lost motion, hammer travel, let-off, checking, backchecks, springs, dampers, pedals, and other action components according to industry standards.

$450

Fee includes all services described in a Full Upright Regulation, in addition to the more labor-intensive regulation involved in grand pianos due to the greater complexity of their action and the additional adjustments required for proper repitition, control and performance.

$75

Minor tonal adjustments to select notes or sections of the piano to improve tone quality and sustain, reduce harshness, and enhance overall consistency.

$225

Comprehensive tonal refinement of the entire piano to achieve a more balanced, consistent, and pleasing sound. This services includes evaluating and adjusting the tone of all notes across the keyboard, reducing excessive brightness or sharpness, enhancing warmth, clarity and sustain, and creating a more even tonal character throughout the instrument.

$100

Basic cleaning of accessible piano surfaces to remove dust, debris, and light buildup that can affect appearance and performance. This includes the soundboard, strings, plate, keyboard, action cavity and cabinet surfaces and helps maintain the piano’s condition and performance between more thorough cleanings.

$250

Thorough cleaning of the piano’s interior and exterior to remove accumulated dust, debris, and buildup that can affect both appearance and long-term performance. This service typically involves partial disassembly of the action and keyboard to access internal areas, allowing for detailed cleaning of the soundboard, strings, plate, pinblock, action components, keys and keybed.

Exterior cabinet surfaces are also cleaned, detailed and polished to improve overall presentation.

$125

Technician will identify any existing issues, estimate needed repairs or adjustments, and give you a clear picture of the piano’s current playing condition. Upon request, the evaluation can also include a fair market value estimate for insurance, resale, or estate purposes.

$125

Technician provides a thorough, professional evaluation of a piano before you commit to buying it. We carefully examine the instrument’s condition inside and out, including the action, soundboard, cabinet, and overall structural integrity, as well as its playability and tonal quality.

$50

$100

Bass strings are custom-wound, individually-made, specialized components made to specific length, diameter, and winding specifications and often must be custom-fabricated and ordered ahead of time.

$50

Ensures your piano’s pedals function smoothly, quietly, and as intended. This service includes a full inspection of the pedal assembly and trapwork, checking for issues such as noise, sluggish response, lost motion, or uneven engagement.

$500

This service involves installing a purpose-built system, also known as the “Dampp-Chaser Piano Life Saver System”, designed to stabilize the environment around your piano.

Essentially a humidifier/dehumidifier for your piano, it helps to prevent issues such as tuning instability, sticky or sluggish action parts, soundboard movement, and long-term structural stress.

$625

Key bushing is a precision service that restores smooth, quiet movement to your piano keys. Over time, the felt bushings inside the keyframe can wear, compress, or become loose, leading to side-to-side play, uneven touch, or unwanted noise.

This service involves carefully removing the keys, replacing the worn bushings with new felt, and precisely refitting each key so it moves freely without excess friction or wobble.