Piano Tuning :
A piano always need to be tuned, even you don't use it. It is the temperature and humidity variations which detuned a piano. Get your piano tune once a year. Your piano will remain in good working condition. It will increase the life of the piano and the market value will be more in case you want to sell the piano or exchange it.
If you move the piano into an other house, tune it 1 or 2 weeks after the moving specially to verify possible damage during the transportation. If you transferred your piano inside your house you don't need to tune it if you roll your piano. Take care of your floor...
A lack of rigour in the tuning of your piano involve many risk to damage the sound board, the bridges and the pins. The high tension of the strings, 15 to 20 tons according models, need to be balance throughout the piano.
Of course, a good tuning is a benefit for your ears and others.
NOTE : If your piano doesn't stay tune after a tuning :
- Change the pins which needed.
- Change all the pins. Except if the pin block is cracked.
- Make a pin treatment. This treatment is used most for hold pianos.