Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding

by Arthur A. Reblitz

The second edition of this world famous book.

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction, Amazon, How To

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Jeanette (Ms. Feisty)]

Now, don't everybody rush to add this to their to-read shelves.

This is more of a reference book for me. I'm not likely to ever read it in its entirety.

[Will Jeffries · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book supposedly always gets good ratings. I started reading it and about halfway through - I got lost. I guess I have a hard time understanding all of that hocus-pocus technical language of Piano Tuners. I just want to learn how to tune my own piano - so that I can save about $150-200/year.

Anyways, I found some helpful resources on the web for those who might be interested in tuning your own Piano:
1. Jeff Saarela "Heart Beat Piano Tuning" http://pianotuningdvd.com/
2. Rick Buter, PTG, Butler School of Piano tuning - http://www.thebutlerschool.org/booksd...
3. Piano Owners Survival Guide (TOTALLY FREE) - http://www.stevespianoservice.com/Fre...
4. How to Tune your own Piano (ebook) - http://www.pianobenchesetc.com/store/...

Hope this helps...

[David Boyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book in its original 1970s edition (now there is a 2nd edition) represented a huge leap forward in technical piano textbooks. The previous "standard text" by william Braid White was first published in 1917, with the standard edition dating from 1946. It said very little about repairs. Reblitz' book for the firt time showed hundreds of repair and regulation procedures, illustrated in clear photographs. And the quality of explanations on the theory of the scale and tuning represented a new order of clarity. It quickly became, and deservedly still is, a standard text on its subject.

[David Livingston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. What a wealth of information. Covers evaluating all parts of pianos, how different types of actions work, what kinds of issues are important and which are not, which issues make a piano not-worth-having and which ones don't, how to adjust all parts of piano actions, several methods of tuning, and finally how to totally rebuild pianos. I only read bits of the final long chapter on total rebuilds, because I'll never do that and needed to move on.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful, with lots of information about the theory and practice of piano tuning.

[Lech Koper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting book. Could have some more details from technichen piano conferences.

[Roxana · Rating 5 out of 5]

excelent