Timeline for Do Pianos become untunable when they have not been tuned for long enough?
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 16:17 | comment | added | Tim | Down to one piano now, but when I had three in use, they were tuned about every 4-5 yrs. My one was tuned after a move about 5 yrs ago, and is still well in tune, and at concert pitch, and played every day. That's Northern Europe, in a studio that doesn't fluctuate much temperature or humidity wise. | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:35 | comment | added | MMazzon | @Ben Yes, it depends on weather, or rather, on how big and frequent are the temperature changes, on how much it is played, how hard it is played, quality of the parts, etc. But it also depends on how good your ear is, and how much you want to keep it near perfect. Keep in mind your ear gets used to deviations too. You may think your piano is in tune, but let a professional tuner give it a pass, and then you will realize how off it was, and how much better it is now. Of course, YMMV :) | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:27 | history | edited | MMazzon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | user9480 | Afterwards, and as a rule of thumb, a home piano should ideally be tuned every 6 months or so to remain well conditioned and hold the tuning properly. I think this depends a lot on weather. Here in Los Angeles, it would be kind of silly to tune a piano that often. | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:22 | history | answered | MMazzon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |