Grand piano tuning regulation and repair price list

 

This a list of services most commonly performed in the maintenance of the grand piano.

TUNING (includes pedal adjustment and minor action adjustments necessary to tune the piano): $165.00

This does not include a pitch raise if the piano has not been tuned in many years and has dropped pitch significantly.

PITCH RAISE:

minor – $40.00

major – $80.00

CLEANING SERVICES:

  • Apply center pin cleaner action centers: $20.00
  • Clean balance and guide pins (shop): $26.25
  • Clean keys: $15.00
  • Clean soundboard and plate: $50.00
  • Remove keys, vacuum key frame (shop):$25.00
  • Vacuum action, keys, and key bed: $15.00

REPAIR/REPLACEMENT SERVICES:

  • Hammer shank repair: $35.00
  • Re-glue ivory head/tail (shop): $50.00
  • Re-glue sharp (shop): $50.00
  • Re-pin action center: $20.00
  • Replace all backcheck leather (shop): $225.00
  • Replace damper felt: $20.00
  • Replace drop screw: $15.00
  • Replace felt punching keyframe and action: $10.00
  • Replace hammer: $40.00
  • Replace hammer f & s: $45.00
  • Replace hammer f & s Steinway: $55.00
  • Replace hammer shank: $40.00
  • Replace jack: $30.00
  • Replace keybutton: $40.00
  • Replace key end felt: $20.00
  • Replace spring loop: $30.00
  • Replace wippen: $30.00
  • Replace wippen flange: $29.00
  • Replace wippen Steinway: $59.00

STRINGS AND TUNING PINS:

  • Extract broken agraffe & replace: $80.00
  • Replace bass string universal (temporary): $50.00
  • Replace bass string original (permanent): Estimate
  • Replace treble string (single) $45.00
  • Replace treble string (double) $90.00
  • Replace tuning pin: $40.00
  • Splice bass string (if possible): $25.00
  • Splice treble string (if possible): $15.00

ACTION REGULATION (by function):

  • Action guides & bed keyframe to key bed: $25.00
  • Align, Burn, Travel Hammers: $25.00
  • Check: $25.00
  • Damper lift: $59.00
  • Drop: $42.00
  • Ease key centers: $55.00
  • File Hammer Grooves/Shape Hammers (shop): $250.00
  • Hammer Blow/hammer line: $70.00
  • Jack height & alignment: $75.00
  • Let off: $59.00
  • Level/Square Keys and Set Key Dip: $100.00
  • Mate hammers to strings: $60.00
  • Pedals (sustain, sostenuto, una corda): $55.00
  • Polish capstans (shop): $30.00
  • Repetition springs tension: $59.00
  • Replace all balance, guide rail, and key rest felt (if needed shop): $125.00
  • Seat Strings: $35.00
  • Tighten action screws: $29.00
  • Tighten backaction screws: $29.00
  • Wiippen alignment: $50.00

KEYS:

  • Acrylic ivory/key top repair (shop): Estimate
  • New key bushings: $490.00
  • New balance and guide rail pins: $500.00
  • Set of new key tops: $750.00

IN-HOME ACTION REGULATION: $700.00

STRINGING SET WOUND STRINGS (IN-HOME): $850.00

STRINGING WHOLE PIANO (SHOP): $2500.00

PLATE LETTERING: Estimate

TRANSPORTATION: Estimate

ACTION PARTS REPLACEMENT SERVICES:

  • Backchecks (set): $750.00
  • Backcheck leather (set): $620.00
  • Damper backaction kit: Estimate
  • Damper felt (set): $999.00
  • Damper heads (set): Estimate
  • Hammers (set): $1000.001- $2100.00
  • Knuckles (set): $800.00
  • Let-off rail/dowel felt (set): $380.00
  • Prehung hammers (set): $2200.00-$3100.00
  • Shank and Flange (set): $650.00-$900.00
  • Wippens (set): $2500.00-$3000.00

WIPPEN RESTORATION: heel felt; jack stop felt; repetition lever felt; clean/polish repetition springs; graphite repetition levers and jacks: $1800.00

JACK AND REPETITION LEVER SPRING LOOP REPLACEMENT (SET): $599.00