Piano Care

Try to position the piano away from a radiator or heat source. If you have underfloor heating, you may need a thermal barrier installing underneath an upright piano or thermal mat. For more information about piano care, please download our free guide.

Try to avoid fluctuating heat and humidity as these are often responsible for tuning instability. Excessive heat may cause other serious problems. A climate control system could be fitted to your piano we have a qualified technician who can install this for you. This helps tremendously with tuning stability, sticking keys and piano action suffering from damp.

It is important that you have your piano tuned regularly. Keeping the piano regularly tuned means that it will be much more stable and maintain the correct pitch. Having your piano tuned every six months is generally best for most domestic situations.

As well as regular tuning, there are several other aspects to maintaining your piano: Look after your piano! Keep it clean and avoid placing drinks or vases of flowers on the piano. Spilt liquids can cause serious damage, which could be costly to repair.

If possible, try to have clean hands when playing and if you should need to clean the keys, use a soft cotton cloth, which is only slightly damp with clean water and buff with a soft dry cloth. For the casework of the piano, avoid any sprays as these will build up a residue over time. Anti-static dusters for dust removal and a microfibre cloth for high gloss finishes to remove fingerprints.

Caring for your piano

Enjoy playing your piano

Caring for your piano will save you money as the tuning will be more stable and the piano will be much more enjoyable to play and listen to.

Try to avoid fluctuating heat and humidity as these are often responsible for tuning instability. Excessive heat may cause other serious problems within the piano. A life saver system could be fitted to help counteract this.

Try to position your piano away from a radiator or heat source. If you have underfloor heating, you may need a piano carpet or thermal barrier underneath the piano to help protect it.

Your piano is a important part of your home and will be rewarding to play if well looked after.

We can supply Piano Life Saver Systems, Piano Carpets and Thermal Barriers to pianos in your home.

Piano Life Saver Systems

Provide automatic humidity control for your piano

Benefits of consistent humidity:

• Your piano is made primarily of wood, felt and metal. Fluctuations in humidity can impact all of these components in the same way that a door sticks on a humid day, or wood joints can loosen if the atmosphere is too dry.
• If the humidity and temperature fluctuate it can result in an unstable piano that struggles to remain in tune.
• The Piano Life Saver system levels out humidity fluctuations, alleviating many negative side effects and ultimately can prolong the life of your piano.

We are authorised Dampp-Chaser stockists with fully trained technicians to fit them.

As endorsed by many major piano manufacturers including: Kawai, Schimmel, Sauter, Yamaha, Fazioli, Blüthner, Petrof, Bösendorfer, Steinway & Sons and C. Bechstein.

For more information visit: pianolifesaver.com

Piano Carpets

Product information

• Excellent thermal isolation and thermal resistance values.
• Extra soundproof - 8dB floor contact, reduces the sound on the surface of the carpet. Plus excellent damp-resistance.
• Reduced vibration of the sound of the piano across the floor.
• The carpet is a heat shield, which means that it protects your piano against uprising hot air.

Product specifications

• The carpet/ fabric is 100% PA 66, cut pile, anti-static
• Polyester manufactured with golden tin foil
• Polyetheleen foam
• Alu PP
• Polyester manufactured with silver tin foil
• Fireproof C fl sl 1

Sizes and prices

Prices correct at time of printing and subject to change.

Thermal Barriers

An alternative to a piano carpet, would be a Thermal Barrier. This is a special reflective foil material that can be fitted to the underside of your upright piano to provide protection from underfloor heating.

The thermal barrier is discreetly fitted to the underside of your piano so that it is virtually invisible.

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