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By: E Cox
Robin has tuned our upright piano for many years and always does an excellent and meticulous job. And we always enjoy the wonderful playing at the end when he is checking all is in order!
By: Nicola
So glad I found Robin. An excellent piano tuner, I had left it for too many years and thanks to Robin it now sounds excellent. Quick service and great pricing.
By: Chweechen Lim
Robin Foster is a highly professional, reliable, honest and friendly piano tuner. It has been a pleasure to have our Blüthner-Haessler upright piano tuned by Robin. He was very thorough and took the time required to achieve a high quality result. He even offered to fix my wobbly piano stool which I’m so grateful. I won’t hesitate to recommend him because he has the skill and ability to get your piano back to its beautiful sound quality again. I have so much respect for him. I will definitely use him again!
Robin Foster deserved a 5 stars review because he has provided a 5 stars service!
By: Bart Govaert
Robin is an outstanding piano tuner. He has tuned our pianos a for many years.
Most recently he brought the best out of our Kawai K500.
Robin also handles small repairs with great skill.
He is also a very pleasant person to have around.
Highly recommended!
By: Anonymous
A professional and friendly service. Robin Foster took a lot of pride in his work, taking the time needed to achieve a quality result.
By: Caroline
Mr Foster, displayed professionalism and ingenuity when fixing my pedal. I will have no hesitation in asking him back to tune my piano.
By: Bernard
It is always a pleasure to have our piano (Hendon, NW4) tuned by Robin Foster. The instrument always sounds reborn anew - tuning is a real art and excellent tuners cannot be over-appreciated!
By: Youngin
Today we had a visit from Mr Foster and he tuned my Welmar piano. It’s a 70’s piano, quite old of its age which my dad bought for me when time for a level music exams. After the tuning, piano was reborn and the clarity and full tone was unbelievable!
Previously I had 2 different tuners and the work done by Mr Foster was by far the very very best.
My only regret is that I wish I had known him earlier.
By: Sarah
Robin has been our piano tuner since we first got a piano four years ago. He is super reliable, punctual, friendly and always leaves our piano sounding great!
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him!
By: S Huxham
Robin is a thoughtful and reliable piano tuner who has done a lovely job with my Kemble upright. I'll definitely be booking him in again.
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What is Piano Voicing or Toning?
Voicing is an extremely difficult area. It's subjective in the extreme, and has caused endless discussion in piano maintenance circles. But the final goal of voicing is to have the hammers striking the notes of the piano to offer a uniform sound from the bottom to the top of the instrument. Goes without saying that evaluating this capability is governed by the capability of the piano, and the construction of the action parts. But, often a technician will find extremes in voicing, such as a particularly hard hammer, which may result in a note sounding louder than the rest. But, this too can be laid at the door of regulation. This is where the tuner's skill comes into play here. Voicing can be accomplished by pricking the hammer with a set of needles. This pricking changes the structure of the felt, and softens the hammer to a degree.
What is toning?This is the reverse of voicing, and accomplishes the inverse sort of thing. May be necessary to bring up a particularly soft sounding hammer, and bring it into line with its neighbours. This is accomplished by applying a special material to the hammers or ironing with a special tool.