OLLIE CASE PIANO TUNING & REPAIR
SARNIA, ONTARIO, CANADA
Courteous Professional Service
Phone: (519) 337-7641
- Serving Sarnia-Lambton since 1993
- Service to most makes & models
- 19th Century Workmanship
- 21st Century Technology
- Evaluations before you buy or sell
- No charge for estimates
- References available
- Professional Musician for 44 years
- Dampp-Chaser Piano Climate Control System Field Expert
"By far, the main reason why pianos go out of tune is due to changes in humidity from season to season, affecting all pianos, new and old, played and unplayed. The best way to care for a piano is the professional installation of a Dampp-Chaser Piano Climate Control System and regular tunings (at least once yearly) by a qualified tuner."
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Buying a New Piano? Buy a NEW Piano!
While finances surely will figure in deciding what kind of piano you will buy, at least consider investing in a top quality new piano and order a Dampp-Chaser Piano Climate Control System to be installed immediately after delivery. After that, have your new piano tuned, inspected and maintained at least once each and every year by a reputable piano tuner and it will likely last a lifetime.
A piano is an extremely complicated mechanism that depends on the proper distribution of tremendous weight, choice materials, impeccable craftsmanship, and unflagging care to produce good music. Unlike some musical instruments, the piano has profited greatly in tone and performance as a result of recent technological improvements, and modern pianos are far superior in many ways to their predecessors.
Purchasing a "Used" or "Rebuilt Piano"
There are some good used pianos, but that is the exception and not the rule. Sadly, only a very small number of used pianos have ever received the regular care and attention that all pianos require.
If possible, purchase from a reputable piano dealer.
Exercise all the caution you'd take if you were looking for a used car.
Buy the best piano you can afford. Sticking a beginner with a junk piano is a recipe for failure. Experienced players can cope with mechanicial and tuning problems more easily because they know how things are supposed to be. A beginner doesn't.
There are a great many so-called piano "rebuilders" in the world. However, only a very select few are experts. Exercise great caution in purchasing a "rebuilt," "refurbished" or "reconditioned" piano. A professionally rebuilt piano costs thousands of dollars.....not hundreds.
Avoid purchasing a drop-action, indirect-blow spinet piano of any sort. (Usually 36" high.) They are poorly designed and difficult/expensive to repair.
"Free" pianos are usually junk.
Avoid purchasing a piano that is located in a damp basement, unheated garage, etc. It will likely fall apart after being relocated to a stable environment.
Avoid purchasing a piano manufactured in Great Britain. Their pianos are not built for our Canadian climate.
Most pianos over 50 years of age have little musical or financial value. Pianos do not get better with age.
Many people will buy a piano based strictly on it's price and will mistake a low price with a, "good deal." Be aware, if there are truly any deals out there, most piano dealers will have purchased them before they are advertised.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: Never buy a used piano from a private party without first having a professional tuner/technician evaluate the instrument!
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