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Summer Piano Care Tips

summer piano careIt’s been mighty hot for months now. With that kind of heat and humidity, your piano needs special care. So I’ve written up some summer piano care tips to help you make sure your piano will continue to sound great.

As you know, I’m an expert piano tuner, and I tune pianos all over Central Virginia and the Greater Richmond Area. If you’re not sure your climate control is adequate for your piano, or whether the A/C vents are too close, I’ll be happy to check it out while I do a tuning, and make suggestions for how to remedy the situation.

Summer Piano Care Tips

What to look out for:

1) Consistent room temperature

It’s important to keep the temperature of your home (or at least the room where you keep your piano) relatively consistent all year long. Normal “room temperature” – in the low to mid 70s – is perfect.

2) Consistent humidity

Next, you should also be sure to keep the humidity levels steady throughout the year. This means Continue reading

Piano Tuning Hanover County

Piano Tuning HanoverCentral Virginia Piano Tuner Blanton Bendall of Southern Piano Service always had a soft spot for his Hanover county clients. After all, that’s where he grew up – in Montpelier, to be precise. And so he has decided to expand his services from mostly Western Hanover to offer his full range of Piano services to ALL of Hanover county, starting with Piano tuning in Hanover County.

So what does “full range” of piano services mean?  It includes just about anything piano-related you could possibly need, including piano cleaning, repair, and even piano restringing services. Blanton is happy to provide whatever piano services his Hanover County (and other) customers may need.

And that’s not all! Sometimes, it’s necessary to move and/or store a piano temporarily, for a range of reasons. Continue reading