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By: Frank Miller
We have known Robin Foster for many years now and use him exclusively to tune and service our two pianos at home (a Gors & Kallmann baby grand and a Yamaha upright). His expertise and attention to detail have impressed us. He is reliable and always willing to accommodate our hectic schedule. Robin has played a large part of keeping our home filled with music.
We simply can not recommend Robin highly enough.
By: Emily Cox
Mr Foster has been tuning my piano for many years. He is punctual (travelling a fair distance to my North London home), friendly and highly professional. He carries out an extremely thorough tuning service, beautifully tuning even the most neglected of pianos. Highly recommended!
By: Martin
Robin has been looking after my piano for about 10 years. He is much more than just a piano tuner and has helped me to maintain my beautiful old Chappell baby grand. He sends me regular reminders and lets me know when the piano needs a little more TLC. I wouldn't think of calling anyone else.
By: Rob Hughes
Robin is superb! I'm a professional musician and need my piano perfectly in tune. Robin has kept it so for over 10 years. He's also a lovely chap which helps! Highly recommended.
By: Ayse McGowan
Mr. Foster was very thorough and did a very good job tuning our piano.
I would recommend him.
By: Linda Foster
From his arrival to the completion of our piano tuning, Robin was completely professional and courteous. The job was done efficiently, and has greatly improved the sound of our instrument, . He was happy for me to carry on with my own work whilst he was here, and it was a pleasure chatting to him afterwards. I would thoroughly recommend Robin.
By: Julie Goodwin
I have used Robin on a number of occasions and I have found him efficient, reliable, friendly and reasonably priced.
He is willing to go the extra mile and I would be happy to recommend him to anyone :)
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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.
