SERVICES
At Westchester Piano, we deliver world-class piano service with precision and care. Our expert technicians specialize in piano tuning, repair, restoration, regulation, refinishing, and moving—serving everyone from home musicians to concert venues. Explore our selection of new and used pianos for sale near you, including grand and upright pianos by leading brands such as Yamaha, Steinway & Sons and Kawai. Whether you’re checking the cost to tune a piano, looking for a piano buying guide, or need a piano valuation, Westchester Piano is your trusted local expert.
Piano Tuning
At Westchester Piano, we offer professional piano tuning services to keep your instrument sounding its best. Our experienced technicians not only tune but can also provide piano regulation, repair, restoration, and refinishing work, ensuring every part of your piano is in optimal condition.
Why tune regularly? Pianos drift out of pitch due to fluctuations in temperature and humidity. Professional tuning restores accurate pitch, balances the instrument’s sound, and keeps every note clear and consistent. Even if your piano is played only occasionally, tuning it at least twice a year helps maintain its stability and overall health and resale value.
Piano Moving
We offer professional piano moving services tailored to your needs—whether you’re relocating your instrument within your home or transporting it across town or long distance. Our team of bonded and insured specialists handles every move with precision, care, and respect for your piano’s value and craftsmanship. From uprights to concert grands, we use proper equipment and proven techniques to ensure safe handling, secure transport, and peace of mind. When you choose Westchester Piano, you’re choosing some of the most reliable and experienced piano movers in the industry.
Piano Storage
At Westchester Piano, we offer secure, climate-controlled piano storage to protect your instrument during renovations, relocations, extended travel, or periods of non-use. Pianos are highly sensitive to fluctuations in temperature and humidity, which can cause wood components to expand, contract, or crack, affecting both tone and performance. Our professionally maintained storage facility provides a stable environment designed to preserve your piano’s structural integrity and musical quality. Whether you need short-term or long-term storage, you can trust that your instrument will be handled with care and kept in optimal conditions until you’re ready for its return.
Evaluation and appraisals
We offer detailed piano evaluation and piano appraisal services for insurance, donation, resale, or asset documentation. Our technicians conduct a thorough on-site inspection, assessing structural condition, action performance, finish quality, and overall piano value. This includes reviewing brand, age, market demand, and factors important for buyers searching terms like “pianos for sale near me,” “used pianos for sale,” or referencing best piano brands.
After the evaluation, you receive a clear written report you can use for insurance, sales, donation records, or when preparing your piano for the market. Accurate valuation helps you understand true worth and supports decisions related to buying, selling, restoration, or long-term care.
Voicing
Voicing focuses on shaping the piano’s tone by carefully adjusting the hammers so the instrument produces a smooth, well-balanced sound. Over time, hammers become compacted or uneven, causing harshness, dullness, or inconsistency. Through precise needlework and hammer adjustments, we restore a unified, pleasing tone that matches your preferred sound profile.
Voicing can make a dramatic difference in how the piano responds and fills a room. It enhances expressiveness, improves tonal control, and helps the instrument sound its best when paired with regular tuning and maintenance.
Concert regulation
Our technicians specialize in concert-level piano regulation, delivering the precision and responsiveness demanded by professional performers. Every adjustment—keystroke depth, hammer alignment, action balance, and touch response—is calibrated to ensure your piano performs at its absolute peak.
Proper piano regulation enhances control, improves dynamics, and brings out the true character of your instrument. For players who want their piano to respond beautifully at every touch, our concert regulation service brings professional precision straight to your home.
Restoration and refinishing
Our piano restoration and refinishing services bring older or heavily used pianos back to life, combining craftsmanship with deep technical expertise. From rebuilding the action and repairing structural components to hand-refinishing the cabinet, we restore both the beauty and performance of your instrument.
Whether you have a vintage heirloom Steinway or a console piano that needs new life, our team can advise you on the options to bring any piano to optimal playing level and increase a piano’s longevity and resale potential.
If you’re considering piano repair, full restoration, cabinet refinishing, Keytop or hammer replacement, our specialists ensure your piano looks stunning and performs at its peak for decades to come.
Piano Service Questions
The ideal relative humidity range for a piano is generally 40% to 60%. More important than any single reading, however, is keeping humidity as stable as possible. Sudden or significant swings in humidity can cause more problems than an occasional reading outside the ideal range.
A simple hygrometer placed near the piano is an easy way to monitor conditions in your home. In Westchester and throughout the Hudson Valley, many homes benefit from humidification during the dry winter months and dehumidification during the humid summer months.
Changes in humidity are one of the primary reasons pianos go out of tune.
During humid New York summers, the wooden soundboard absorbs moisture and expands, changing the tension of the strings and generally causing the piano's pitch to rise. When the heat comes on in winter, the air becomes drier, the soundboard loses moisture and contracts, and the pitch generally falls.
These seasonal changes affect a piano even when it is not being played.
Spring and fall are excellent times to tune a piano, particularly a few weeks after the heat has been turned off in spring and after the heating season has begun to stabilize in fall.
That said, the best time to tune is also whenever your piano needs it. Most pianos in Westchester homes benefit from tuning approximately twice a year, typically in the spring and fall. Pianos used for teaching, frequent playing, or performance may require more frequent attention, particularly when environmental conditions place additional stress on the instrument.
Summer humidity can cause the wood and felt components in the action and keys to swell. This can cause keys to rub against their guide pins, move sluggishly, or fail to return properly.
A piano technician can diagnose the cause and make the necessary adjustments or ease the affected keys so they move freely again. Maintaining relatively stable humidity throughout the year is the best way to minimize recurring seasonal problems.
It depends on what you are hearing and feeling at the piano.
If notes sound sour, uneven, or out of pitch, the piano likely needs a tuning. If the tone has become harsh, dull, or uneven, voicing can adjust the hammers to refine the piano's tone and help achieve the desired sound.
If the keys feel sluggish, uneven, or inconsistent, the piano may need regulation. Regulation involves adjusting the many mechanical components of the action, including key depth, downweight, return, and other factors that affect how the piano responds to the player.
Most pianos benefit from periodic voicing and regulation in addition to regular tuning. A qualified technician can assess the instrument and recommend the appropriate work based on its condition and how you want it to play and sound.
We generally recommend waiting one to two weeks after a piano has been moved or placed in a new environment before tuning it.
A piano needs time to acclimate to the temperature and humidity of its new room. Tuning immediately after a move can sometimes be less stable because the instrument may continue to adjust to its new environment, potentially requiring another tuning soon afterward.
Often, yes—but a piano that has gone many years without tuning may require more than a standard tuning to perform at its best.
If the piano is significantly below standard pitch, it may require a pitch raise before the fine tuning can be completed. A pitch raise brings the strings back toward the proper tension, after which the piano can be carefully fine-tuned.
Because changing the tension of the strings can cause the piano to shift as it stabilizes, a follow-up tuning is often recommended after a significant pitch correction.
There is no single answer. The decision depends on the piano's brand, age, condition, construction, and value to you, whether financial or sentimental.
High-quality instruments, including many vintage Steinways, can be excellent candidates for restoration. Depending on the instrument, restoration may involve rebuilding the action, repairing or rebuilding structural components, refinishing the cabinet, and other specialized work.
We recommend having an older piano inspected by one of our senior technicians. A detailed evaluation can help you understand the instrument's current condition, what restoration or repairs may be appropriate, and whether investing in the piano makes sense for your particular goals.