Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding: A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist

Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding: A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist

<span>For over forty years, Arthur A. Reblitz’s </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding</span><span> has been the gold-standard manual for piano technicians and hands-on hobbyists who want to rebuild or maintain pianos. Reblitz demystifies the daunting prospect of working on a piano as he guides readers through every detail of upright and grand piano mechanics and describes servicing and repairs with understandable, easy-to-follow instructions.<br /><br />The third edition of this invaluable handbook includes over 60 new and 300 remastered images of piano anatomy, tools, and techniques; consideration of ivory alternatives and the newest adhesives and lubricants; new material covering the art of tuning by ear and today’s sophisticated electronic tuning devices; new repair and rebuilding techniques; and a brand new glossary of terms.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style:italic;">Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding</span><span> provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists around the world with an essential twenty-first-century guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments. <br /><br /></span>