Today I’m gonna tune this monster. I’m not a piano tuner, but I know enough that I don’t get myself in trouble. You probably already know that a piano has 88 keys.
Every one of those keys is associated with at least one string. Some of them have two, but most of them have three. That’s three sets of strings for each note tuned in unison.
In case you’re wondering, that’s 231 strings. To tune these strings one at a time, we use these mutes. You follow the unmuted string down to the tuning peg, and you give this tuning hammer a little play to balance the tension across the bridge and set the pitch of the string.
While it’s possible to do this by ear, I wouldn’t attempt it. I use a tuner. You can’t use a guitar tuner.
You gotta use something like this. I know you have a guitar tuner and you want to use it anyway. If you do, I’m gonna tell you I told you so.
And the reason why is going to be one of the subjects of next week’s reels. Get some advice from a pro before you attempt this. Until then, if you learned something, like this post and share it with somebody who belongs in a Beat Kitchen glass.
