Matthew James Richards ATCL, LTCL, MABPT, PTA - is a certified Piano Tuner Technician and offers services to clients covering all areas of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands. A certified member of the PTA and ABPT the leading associations of Piano tuners in the UK. He is DBS certified (formerly CRB) - Disclosure and Barring Service - suitable for schools, care homes etc.
Matthew performs a high quality standard of service throughout his work, tuning pianos for private homes, schools, churchws, oncerts, theatres, recording studios and more. He is a professional pianist (ATCL and LTCL Diplomas for the Trinity college of London) and has an extensive knowledge of the instrument.
Matthew also specialises in Nostalgia entertainment, and has played background music for the Mayor of Hereford, also for special evebts (such as Valentines Day, mother's Day etc) at local restaurants. He has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall in front of the queen for her 92nd birthday.
Mr M J Richards provides the following services:
• Tuning in Homes, Schools, Churches, Theatres and Concerts Venues
• Minor on site repairs
• Replacement broken strings
• Advice on purchasing a new or second-hand piano
• Piano Life Saver Installer
Hours
Disclosure and Barring Service: Yes
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There are many reasons why older pianos go out of tune, and some of them are unavoidable due to the age of the piano, the most common in the UK is central heating drying the piano out.. The most difficult piano for piano tuners to bring back into tune is one that has been neglected for a long period of time. The strings tension drops also because of wear the termination points change this can increase the length of the string thus changing the pitch of individual string in the grope of tree, causing what we call ìfalse beatsî. The pitch of the piano will fall far below 440 Hz (concert pitch). This means that the piano tuner must adjust over 240 strings within an unstable internal environment. The tuner spends time tightening each string in order to raise its pitch. This process takes some time as the tuner must tune each string several times to achieve the required pitch and tension. This is because the adjacent strings will change in response to sudden changes in string tension. To get around this problem, the tuner must first raise all strings to an average degree of tension. After this average level is achieved, the tuner can make minute adjustments to the piano string. It takes time to do this properly, which can be expensive. To avoid a long expensive tuning sessions on an old piano, the piano should be tuned every six months as regular tuning will pay off in the long run.
"We usually recommend our customers at least 2 or 3 tunings per year for a piano getting average use in the home. Ideally 4 tunings spaced through the year to cover the seasonal changes would be best. A new piano settling into a new environment may need more regular tuning for the first year or two. These suggestions only apply to pianos in the average home. Pianos in music schools and teacherís pianos should be tuned more frequently as they receive heavy use. Studio and concert pianos are tuned before every concert or recording."
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Tuning and adjustment should always be done by an expert. When your piano requires either one, ask your Yamaha dealer or call a specialist piano tuner. Your dealer can also advise you about the interval between adjustments for your piano under the circumstances in which it is used.