We’ll take your piano from good to great!

You’re planning a soirée, but your piano seriously needs a tuning? With pleasure.

Pianos are made of wood and metal, which means they expand and contract according to the slightest change of humidity and temperature. It is therefore necessary to monitor the pitch on a 6-monthly basis to ensure the correct pressure is exerted on the frame, bridges and soundboard. At regular tuning intervals we can also advise you of any changes in your piano, preventing further costly repairs.

Pianos are designed to be at a certain pitch (A440-A442). In most cases, the longer a piano is left untuned, the more the pitch will drop (strings are like elastic and stretch over time). A pitch adjustment is often referred to as a pre-tuning. If your piano requires a pitch adjustment – this can only be determined once we are at the piano – an additional fee will be charged.

Although mum’s old piano is a gem, it doesn’t always run smoothly? No problem.

On many occasions a piano does not require full restoration and only a service needs to be done. Piano mechanisms need to be serviced and regulated on a minimum 5-year basis depending on usage, wear and maintenance.

Services may include: reshaping of hammer heads; replacement of tapes, cushions, balance hammer leather, centre pins and some action parts; regulation, etc. With a proper maintenance plan, i.e. regular 6-monthly tunings, smaller mechanical adjustments are done at no extra charge, extending the intervals between mechanical services. Servicing often includes minor repairs, such as loose key tops and faulty sustain pedals. All our services include a 5-year guarantee and one free follow-up tuning.

Your piano’s cabinet is begging to be re-polished, painted or touched up? Yes, we can.

We re-polish pianos using the traditional hand French polish technique, this includes buffing and brass work. We also touch up cabinets.

If you’re looking for something less traditional, we have a very talented artist who can paint just about anything you want on your cabinet.

Your home needs a new piano, or your piano needs a new home? How exciting!

The pianos in our showroom generally don’t stay here for long, so if we don’t have what you’re looking for, we can always try to help you find one. Whether you buy a piano from or through us, it will always include a mechanical service, a 5-year guarantee on that service work, two tunings and another full mechanical service after 5 years, free of charge.

We’re still small, so we don’t buy pianos from clients yet. We can however help you sell it by means of a consignment agreement. Sometimes this route takes a little longer, but if you want to make sure you are paid what your instrument is truly worth, or you want it to find a home that will treasure it like you do, this is a good option.

Moving a piano, but you want professionals to handle it? We’ve got this.

Our moving team is highly professional with many years of experience in piano transport, and the same team is used every time. We move pianos within the Gauteng area, but we can also assist with moves that stretch a bit further. All types of pianos are relocated, from small uprights to concert grands.

Want to know what your piano, or one you have your eye on is worth? We know our stuff.

A thorough inspection of your piano’s mechanism, soundboard, bridges, tuning pins, cabinet, frame, pedal system and keyboard is done, and you will receive a valuation certificate and detailed quotation where applicable. A call-out fee is charged if you need your piano valued or inspected – this fee is refundable on acceptance of mechanical service or restoration. Valuation certificates are issued on all our sales and restorations free of charge.

You’ve bought a gorgeous antique piano, but it needs a full restoration? Yes, please!

Not every piano is worth restoring. Whether your piano is a likely candidate for restoration depends on these factors:

• Quality of the instrument
• Age of the instrument
• Condition of the instrument
• Desire and sentimentality
• Finance

We import all our parts according to manufacturer’s specifications, either directly from Germany or the current manufacturer of your instrument. Restoration is a massive undertaking. We take the utmost of care to ensure that your instrument is restored to its original condition, and this takes time. Intense research is needed to ensure this fact. Our restorations are done with the highest integrity and regard for your instrument. Restoration can take anything from 3 months and up, depending on stock availability and magnitude of the work involved.

Your piano is either too dry or too damp and the insides show it? We have a solution.

We have a climate control system that is easily fitted in all upright and grand pianos. The system is designed to the keep humidity in your piano at a constant 50%, which has numerous advantages, to name a few:

• It reduces the radical fluctuation of pitch
• The strings last longer
• The bridges don’t crack
• The soundboard joints don’t come apart
• All felt maintain their integrity

Each system carries a 2-year warranty and we give a 5-year warranty on installation.

As an instrument your piano is shot, so why not turn it into a coffee table? Now we’re talking.

Quite often, we do assessments or valuations and find that the instrument is worth almost nothing. Other times, we have a look at great grandma’s piano, which has not been tuned in 40 years and there’s nearly nothing left of the beautiful old thing. Pianos carry mountains of sentiment for many people, so simply getting rid of them just feels wrong, right? So, don’t get rid of it then, rather give it a new life!

You can turn pianos and their various parts into:

• Coffee tables
• Book cases
• Bars
• Work stations
• Art works
• Water features
• Display cabinets
• Fish tanks
• Chairs
• Jewellery
• Anything you can think of

We take pianos in, no matter their state. So, if you know of an old piano that could do with a second chance, let us know and we’ll try to rescue her.