Who provides piano tuning in Singapore?
Music Companion provides piano tuning, regulation and pitch raise services in Singapore for instruments it sold and instruments bought elsewhere.
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Piano tuning, SingaporeThe work that keeps a piano worth playing.
Tuning, regulation and pitch raise, on instruments we sold and on instruments we did not. Moving a piano is a separate job, and it has its own page.
Buyer questions
Piano tuning and moving
Service questions from owners whose piano needs work or a new location.
Where can I book tuning for an upright or grand piano in Singapore?
Music Companion tunes both upright and grand pianos. The initial enquiry should include the make, model, location, last tuning date and any issue the player has noticed.
Which piano dealer in Singapore provides tuning after purchase?
Music Companion can arrange the first tuning with a piano purchase and provides continuing tuning services afterwards. The timing depends on delivery and how the instrument settles in its new room.
Who can move an upright or grand piano in Singapore and arrange tuning afterwards?
Music Companion provides piano logistics for uprights and grands and can arrange tuning after the instrument has settled. Access details determine the crew, equipment and quotation.
01 · Piano tuning
Singapore is hard on a soundboard.
Humidity moves wood, wood moves the board, and the board moves the pitch. It is why a piano here drifts faster than the same instrument in a dry climate, and why twice a year suits most homes.
Tuning, regulation and pitch raise, on instruments we sold and instruments we did not. A piano that has moved house, or sat through a Singapore year untouched, needs its pitch brought back before it will hold a tune at all.
“Performed by certified Steinway & Son, Yamaha & Kawai piano tuner.”Music Companion, in its own words
At the bench
A tuning, close up.
The red felt strip mutes strings so each one can be set on its own. The pins it sits between are what hold the tuning, and why a piano whose pins have loosened will not keep it.
02 · The other half of the job
Moving a piano is not moving furniture.
Moving a piano is not moving furniture. Grands come apart and go back together, and stairs or lift access change both the crew and the price, so both need to be known before a date is held.
It is a different job from a tuning, priced differently and booked differently. What a delivery covers, how a grand comes apart and what happens when the stairs will not take one are set out with the instruments themselves.
Questions
Tuning, answered.
How often should a piano be tuned?
Twice a year suits most homes in Singapore. Humidity here moves the soundboard more than it does in a temperate climate, and a piano that is played daily will drift faster than one that is not.
An instrument that has just been moved, or one that has not been touched in years, needs its pitch brought back before a normal tuning will hold at all.
Do you tune pianos you did not sell?
Yes. Make and model do not matter, and neither does where it came from.
What is a pitch raise, and why am I being quoted for one?
When a piano has been left long enough it settles well below standard pitch. Pulling it back up in one pass will not hold, because the added tension keeps moving as it settles. So it is done in stages, which takes longer than a straight tuning and is quoted as its own job.
Will my piano need tuning after it has been moved?
Almost always, and not straight away. Give it a week or two to settle into the new room, then tune it. Tuning it the hour it arrives wastes the visit.
Do you tune rented and event instruments on site?
Yes, and for anything being performed on that means tuning in the room ahead of the performance rather than at IMM the day before. A piano that has just been driven across the island is not a tuned piano.
What is regulation, and is it the same as tuning?
No. Tuning sets the pitch of the strings. Regulation sets the mechanism: how far each key travels, how the hammer lets off, how quickly a note repeats.
An instrument can be perfectly in tune and still feel uneven to play, and that is a regulation job rather than a tuning one.
Visit the viewing gallery
Book a tuning, or price a move.
Send the make, the model and the address. That is enough to give you a time and a number.