How to Tune a Piano : How to Tell When a Piano is In Tune

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Uploaded by on Oct 22, 2008

What a properly tuned piano should sound like when you're done; learn this and more in this free online musical instrument video series about piano tuning, including tips and techniques, taught by an expert.

Expert: Tom Flowers
Bio: Tom Flowers, owner of "Well Tempered Piano Tuning," has been tuning pianos for 10 years. He taught piano for 18 years & has been playing since he was a child.
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler

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  • I just watched a bunch of these "How to tune a piano" videos with Tom Flowers and this was the last one I watched. I thought he made that piano sound awesome. I scrolled down to see some of the comments it got and, lo and behold, there were some negative ones. One guy says the piano sounds out of tune!?

    Now I'm irked. Thanks, to you guys with the negative comments, your negativity just spreads like wildfire.

    SWITCH TO THE POSITIVE ALREADY!!!!!!!!

  • Very good example. Not everyone that can play well, is able to tune a piano. It can take years of practicing to do it properly and although he did, it still doesn´t sound good. I wouldn´t get payed for such a tuning. And! - every piano (depending on its scale) needs a slightly different tuning and tuning devices are helping but only lead you to what you hear in this video.

    Trained ears are much more precise and a special tuning technic holds the strings in the position, where you tuned them.

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  • this isn't teaching you how to tell if your piano is in tune.. its just a guy playing some (lovely) music.... i did like the music, but could you please not waste people's time and actually teach us something?

  • @DavidJansson73 i agree!!! only positivity can heal the world and the nature!!! :)

  • it's so beautifully inputted!!! thank you so much TOM!!! :D

  • I can tell that that piano he is playing is slightly out of tune.

  • Also, keep in mind - it's a 100 year old piano.

  • ahhhhhh!! EXPERT VILLAGE!! Runnnn away fom the bad advice!!!

  • Does this guy get paid to do this?!

  • how do you tune the very upper treble strings?

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