It’s May, and the temperature is rising… How are you preparing your piano for summer?

You probably know that the summer can be a challenging time for your piano, what with the extra humidity and the high temperatures. So what can you do to keep it in fine shape when the weather gets hot?

Evaluate the location of your piano

Start by evaluating the location of your piano. Is it in a room in which the temperature stays relatively stable?

Here is one of my most important piano care tips when it comes to protecting your piano in summer. It should be kept away from windows and heating/air conditioning vents. The humidity levels should also be relatively stable and controlled.

If your piano is in a “safe” location, that’s a good start. If, on the other hand, your piano is in a room where there’s a door to the outside, and the temperature fluctuates wildly, you may want to consider having your piano moved to a safer location.

Now moving your piano is a major task. A piano is very heavy yet fragile. So you should hire a professional piano mover for this task, even if it is only from one room to another.

If you need help with finding a Richmond piano mover, just send me a text message at 804-677-2416 and I’ll get you in touch with my trusted piano movers who I’ve been working with for years!

Then again, hopefully, your piano is in a safe place now…

Has your piano been tuned recently?

The next question to answer would be whether your piano has been recently tuned. Right now, it’s still not too late to have your piano tuned. The best time for tuning a piano is the spring and the fall, but definitely not in the middle of summer.

So if you plan to play your piano during the summer, or your child continues his or her lessons during the summer, it’s a good idea to make sure your piano is in tune! Otherwise, the practice can be really frustrating and demoralizing.

This means, if you hit some sour notes when you play your piano, you may want to make an appointment very soon to have it tuned before summer gets here for real. Once again, just text me at 804-677-2416.

Of course you can also call me, but texting usually works much better. Because of the nature of my profession, I can’t always access my phone in the middle of a tuning, but I can always take a quick peek at a text message, and text back to confirm that I got it.

Preparing your piano for summer in two steps

As you can see, preparing your piano for summer isn’t all that hard. Make sure it’s protected by keeping it in a temperature and humidity-controlled room, away from windows, doors, and vents. Want to know more? Just click the following link for more piano care tips for the summer.

And if it hasn’t been tuned recently and will be used during the summer, get it tuned now, before the weather gets too hot. If you won’t be playing the piano during the summer, you could wait with the tuning until fall.

Still, you never know when the mood will strike you and you’ll feel inspired to play a few tunes…

That’s it for my piano care tips for right now. If you need any help with your piano, or if you have any questions, please feel free to text me, Blanton Bendall, your trusty Richmond piano tuner, and I’ll be happy to help: 804-677-2416.