Mr Shaun Anthony Wickenden MABPT Grayshott Piano Services
Dip AEWVH
Shaun has had more than 25 years piano tuning experience.
He has been awarded the Yamaha-Kemble prize for piano tuning by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Subsequently, gaining top marks in the National David Marks piano tuning competition.
He was initially employed by piano shops in Guildford, Farnham and Haslemere as a piano tuner. In 1993 Shaun went on to become a successful independent piano tuner recently performing his 15,000th tuning.He specialises in the tuning of Bechstein, Bluthner, Steinway and Yamaha pianos.
Shaun has been vetted by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and therefore approved to work in situations with vulnerable adults and children. (Previously known as CRB checks).
I tune pianos for schools, homes, and concert venues.
Most of my clients have their pianos tuned to concert pitch A440.
He specialises in the tuning of Bechstein, Bluthner, Steinway and Yamaha pianos.
Does your piano need repairs, voicing or regulating? When I am tuning your piano if I find that your piano needs any of these I can arrange this work to be carried out for you.
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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.
