fixing the most common problem for upright pianos

[@MerylizMedina]

Thank you so much for doing these videos. I bought a 50+ years old Yamaha upright about four years ago, and I HAD to learn how to tune it myself because there are no piano technicians in my city, it's already odd to find pianos here, so I really appreciate these videos. I'm very interested in learning so I can become a piano technician myself, and it's very encouraging to find quality content about it like yours ✨

[@PianoDoctor]

I’m so glad you like watching them. If you’re interested in learning more about how to get started, I would check out my video called “How Much I Made as an 18 Year Old Piano Tuner”. I talk a little about the best way to learn piano tuning and repair.

[@MerylizMedina]

@@PianoDoctor I did! Thank you very much! 👍🏻

[@royhanrfnd]

👍

[@johnmartinez7440]

No piano tuners in an entire city? I'm baffled.

[@johnmartinez7440]

No piano tuners in an entire city? I'm baffled.

[@Jimmy_Jinestene]

So cool, I’m trying to learn the piano but your fixing it and playing it, amazing

[@NotNochos]

You’re*

[@Jimmy_Jinestene]

@@NotNochos dude

[@PianoDoctor]

stick with it! Hard work is always worth it in the end. :)

[@Jirboz]

@@Jimmy_Jinestene "dude" - 🤓

[@Jimmy_Jinestene]

@@Jirboz you-🤓

[@JDOGG351]

I’m a piano technician and yes this is one of many ways to fix this problem. Other ways are increasing key dip and adjusting your letoff sooner.

[@soxnation1000]

These videos make me wish I had become a piano technician. I love pianos and music and it must be so rewarding to fix up pianos as a profession and make people happy by bringing music back into their lives!

[@grantronaldhills]

Accually having the finished piano sound playing from the start was a awesome twist and I like it alot.

[@charliesretrocomputing]

Wdym?

[@KeysandMe]

I thought it was awesome!

[@KeysandMe]

@@charliesretrocomputinghe used his own playing of Golden hour as the background music for the video and then just turned up the volume slightly when he showed the piano working 😊

[@mattdorsey1029]

Your videos are amazing. I love that you take the time to explain why a problem exists and how you fix it.

[@tiwitiwi6202]

your shorts is satisfying to watch. i found a new addiction. thank you

[@Ribs13]

Man, I'm loving your videos! I have moved pianos for many years, and cleaned many, fixed little things, watching your videos is truly inspiring. 🎉

[@Pianist203]

I usually first check if there's slack in key pilots. If pilots are fine, then I check key dip which should generally be 10mm. I wouldn't change blow distance, except if doing more complete action regulation process.

[@cassandral.151]

Thank you for the videos - We received a free upright piano that needed a little tuning and TLC. This is amazing. I love all the tips so my littles can play with me.

[@mischa888]

Can I just point out that golden hour is playing in the bathroom

[@InternetGworl_Tehe]

Bathroom?😂

[@camskayzz5169]

Ah yes, golden hour in the bathroom

[@Kanade_Asahina]

That aint golden hour that is golden shit

[@elmerreyeg8333]

Nah bro that’s golden piss 💀

[@mischa888]

I meant to say background oops autocorrect

[@meowcow21]

This is the cleanest piano I've seen on this channel. Very beautiful

[@cleansweep999]

The song you used in the background is so good 👍✌️

[@margarethany]

It’s such a beautiful upright piano ❤

[@islemdoudou372]

Watching him fix pianos is literally the most satisfying thing ever

[@kayesdigginit1519]

Eh no

[@donnalannan2978]

You videos are very interesting. It is fascinating to see how pianos work.

[@alanclarkeau]

On one upright I had, an extra turn on the soft pedal wingnut achieved the same outcome.

[@SreerajithaIndraganti]

If my piano is ever out of tune, I will be sure to call this guy 😊

[@Callummullans]

Woah, I wouldn’t have that cover on because it looks awesome to see the hammers moving. Like a see through watch

[@Axolotlx3]

Love how nicely you clean it it’s amazing and I love how well you play too

[@4034miguel]

This channel is pure poetry and it is therapeutic

[@Evan24_7]

It’s so cool seeing the hammers moving as he’s playing.

[@rubyshort9763]

I love your videos ❤ can you plssss do a before and after playing, it’s so cool how good you are at piano how many years have you been playing?

[@AxelCresswell-yh5vw]

Bro golden hour has gotta be your fave song or smt (ngl tho its one of mine its an amazing song)

[@Chronically_JBoo]

Mine too

[@PianoDoctor]

I don't know many good songs so I've been using this one... haha. A lot of my popular videos happened to include this song, so I guess people like it. I'll change it up from here so you guys don't get annoyed though. :)

[@jasonbarnes3485]

I love your content I wish i could subscribe ❤❤❤❤❤

[@malizeus4685]

All the best, man. good motivation for young people

[@Runez_Outx]

If you guys are wondering what is the background song, it’s called “Golden hour” by JVKE

[@HawkMawth]

I never knew pianos needed to be tuned! I have just gotten back into playing piano after 8 years. It hasn’t been played with by anyone other than me. Thanks for telling me that pianos needed to be tuned

[@Serperior-Deoxys]

Love the sound of uprights. My Acrosonic seems to have a much richer sound than most of the grands I've played.

[@CyoNearYou]

Wow this really inspires me to continue learning piano songs on the keyboard thats been under my bed for a year

[@tigereye6939]

I have exactly the same Kawai console piano hehe. Please do more videos like this. Thank you!

[@catarinaangelodecarvalho-er3ys]

Can you do always do before and after it’s so beautiful 😭❤️🥹

[@thewalking_charger7969]

Man, I wish we could get our theater class piano fixed. Sadly, it's been out of tune for years and is in a very humid room.

[@KevRex27]

Nice!!i wish I could do this for my job

[@Heymrk]

I thought about learning the piano as a child, but ended up going with the saxophone and clarinet instead. They were less expensive abd easier to maintain.

[@Shark_StopMotion]

This dude played his own background music that’s such a cool idea

[@tomsterbg8130]

Just like my music teacher says, 40 years is nothing for an instrument

[@mikechad27]

but 40 hours a day makes you better

[@aaronmillard4327]

Any one else like the looks of the piano with the wood panels off and being able to see all the strings

[@btct1648]

You are such a good person you help so much people fix their piano You should get more lovers everyday ❤ I ❤ U very much ❤❤❤

[@timmypbass]

Its better to shim the balance rail rather than change blow distance.

[@brunybruhpere]

I like how your playing golden hour in the backround

[@matarooni_]

You're* (you + are) (This is the part where you reply with "🤓")

[@grandsages]

How much and how far will you go to fix a piano

[@lockedin60]

I could learn to play a piano at any age. I am 68. But my instrument only requires 6 or 12 strings to tune up. A little more manageable. But there will always be a need for piano tuners. I know it would help understand music theory better.

[@tangyorange6509]

I’m curious, was there no lost motion when this problem occurred? Or were all the keys affected. Not nit picking just learning

[@CindyMitchelle-d5z]

What is the oldest piano you’ve ever worked on? Where are you located? My moms piano really needs tuning. It has not been tuned for over 44 years, probably longer! It is at least 200 years old. Is there a way to find out the age inside the piano? I would be very interested to see when it was made, and tuned. I’ve never seen one like it! If there is a way to see how old it is, can you please get back to me?

[@icomefromanotherdimension3798]

Istg i thought at the beginning you were giving the piano the middle finger 💀

[@Zip22Zip]

Mine had cloth straps with leather sewn on the end on each hammer that pulled it back when it struck the strings to keep it from double tapping. They connected to a hook but were glued into the hammer. It was formerly a player piano that was converted to a regular piano. I had stripped it of the black paint someone had done a poor job of painting it with and refinished it with orange shellac ten years earlier. Moths had started eating the felts and the straps were breaking so I gave it to someone that was going to gut it and put plants in it.

[@chasererun]

Hey i have the same piano

[@The_vehicle_kid]

Please do our piano one day

[@libruhmoment6387]

I do handtool woodworking and and I feel like you might be able to make replacement parts instead of a felt shim, although I know I have absolutely NO authority on the subject of piano maintenance, would something like that be possible???

[@99zxk]

Do you test of the felt works first or just go straight for the glue?

[@dalex60]

RuPaul called. She wants her finger snaps back…

[@MariusMusty]

I love how all the short is a J cut for the end 👌👌

[@HahnJames]

You always seem to find a way to impress the daylights out of me, Josiah J. I'll keep you in my praters, today.

[@kayshensanruban1805]

I love the golden hour background music

[@jtpgamer17]

How far do you travel and how much do you cost because we have an old upright piano that is very out of tune

[@MartinHelton-p3m]

to fix this correctly you simply need to adjust the jack regulating screw

[@keoncalebjalmanzar6373]

What song were you playing at the end Golden Hour?

[@robotportachiavi2507]

I was once in Prague's airport (not the closest to the city) and found a piano. There was an hammer that was like... bent. It was hitting two/3 strings of an A an 1 string of the G# (also there was a string missing on the lower register). How can you fix such a problem?

[@markguillermo7398]

My piano gets clicky sounds on some keys and I don’t know how to fix em! Could u possibly do a video about that

[@jeremyryannoel]

I second this

[@PianoDoctor]

Will do!

[@mylesweber2014]

May I ask how you learned how to fix pianos?

[@Viicebec]

I didn’t get it how you repaired it, I’ve got the same problem with mine, can you make a video tutorial of it? Please or at last a pdf with information :(

[@PurpleGuyOF]

Golden hour in the back perfect

[@morganwiseman1]

This man is a master!.. he should be making well over 200k a year!

[@muggit]

Bro golden hour gives me chills everytime, wanna know why? Bc of frequency, why frequency, bc that's how it triggers chilling/sad feelings😩

[@elsamelgoza1895]

I need a piano revamp on a old piano

[@Aron3141]

The pixels

[@thathappybee]

golden hourrr i love it

[@markonanic]

How much does it cost to repair it in that case like in the video?

[@michaelsmith697]

Good fix for this annoying problem

[@ChristyLeon]

Uprights are underating👍

[@QueenofSilence101]

How long does an average piano live for before it is no longer possible to repair it and it has to be destroyed? Obviously how often it's plaed is a huge factor, but I'm just asking for a generalized number of years.

[@aidakarpovych3456]

I'm just asking why don't you put the wood back on?

[@richbaumannsingersongwriter]

I would like to start a piano rescue in Wisconsin.

[@kayesdigginit1519]

How much does a tuning and repair cost on an older piano?

[@Grimzo13]

It was just two lovers Sitting in the car Listening to the blonde Fallin for each other Missed calls from my mother Like where you at tonight Got no alibi I was all alone With the looooove Of my liiiiiife she’s got glitter for skin A radiant beam in the light I don’t need no light To See You Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine It’s your golden hooouuur You slow down tiiiiiiiimmee In your golden hoooooouuuuurr Wo oh ooo We were just two lovers Feet up on the dash driving nowhere fast Burning through the summer Radio on blast Make the moment last She got solar power Minutes feel like hours She knew she was the baddest Can you even imagine Falling like I did For the love of my life She’s got glow on her face A glorious look in her eyes My angel of light I was all alone with the love of my life She got glitter for skin My radiant beam in the night I don’t need no light to see you shiiiiiiiine It’s your golden hour You slow down tiiiiiiime In your golden hoooouurr Woo oh oo Pls like I worked hard on this😅😊 This is actually the whole song btw

[@Alex_0Z]

ahhh golden hour in the background omggg

[@Randomsuff545]

The first sec I was like is that golden hour

[@_-Bozo-_]

I just remembered I have a piano in my garage-

[@Thelegendofme]

wouldn't regulating the piano be a better long term fix?

[@DivyaSharma-xt8fh]

This guy loves playing Golden Hour

[@gofastER]

Forgive me if I’m wrong as I’m still learning but isn’t the blow distance on uprights supposed to be 1 3/4”? As in, shouldn’t a ruler be used in this process?

[@PianoDoctor]

Great question! Yes, different brands/makes of pianos have different blow distance regulations. 1 3/4” is fairly standard. To learn more, I would suggest reading Arthur Reblitz book on tuning and repair. (If you haven’t already.) I follow his method in this video and many others. In general, there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes than what you see in these videos (like using a ruler to measure blow distance.) I have to cut large parts of the video because they can get too long, detailed, and not appealing to the general public. I’m always willing to learn as I don’t have many years of experience. Please follow along and critique wherever possible! Thanks :)

[@gofastER]

@@PianoDoctor ah ok that makes total sense that you have to cut a lot in the videos to make it into a short! Seeing as how I have very little experience, I’m trying to get a feel for what is absolutely necessary and what is just the way we do things where I work. Of course my bosses would argue the way they have me do things is absolutely necessary! You just never know. My old flight instructor used to make me calculate weight and balance the the 6th decimal place. He said it was necessary. Most pilots would agree that’s just a little neurotic though.

[@gofastER]

@@PianoDoctor by very little experience I mean I’ve been working full time as a piano tech (apprentice) for almost 8 months now.

[@MildSatire]

Question, is it possible for piano tuners to adjust the sound of the piano? Like if one section of the keyboard is a little dark/nasally, would it be possible to brighten it up? And is this process reversible?

[@squareeagle65]

Yes lol

[@squareeagle65]

Ofc

[@MildSatire]

@@squareeagle65 is it a bad idea to change the sound profile tho?

[@donovansprenger8845]

​@Mild Satire Every piano has a different tone Steinways are usually brighter and Yamahas or mason and Hamlin are darker. You can always make any piano sound brighter or lighter but some are designed to have that feel and effect. Not necessarily a bad thing to adjust but I would recommend getting a brand of piano which suits you the most :)

[@MildSatire]

@@donovansprenger8845 Thanks, just noticing the lower middle section feels a bit too dull/nasaly compared with the upper registers. Could they voice just one specific section?

[@noah2malek28]

My grandma got a piano when she was 8 years old. She has that same piano still I just know it's out of tune and she refuses to get someone to clean it and tune it. People have gotten coins stuck in it and I really want to call someone to fix it up but don't know the cost. Would you have any idea?

[@digilifepro]

Why do you always play Golden Hour? Is it a good tuning reference riff?

[@vernicebaguio-gf1fv]

At the end you play it it almost like my Fav song jvke try it out

[@johnjohnfofohniam]

What song was that? I recognize it from somewhere.

[@Jack-hy1zq]

The way you chose to fix this problem, causes another problem - lost motion. I would have adjusted the letoff button.

[@thatonefurcorn]

I have a upright piano. But they lied to me and now it's stuck to the ceiling.

[@egay86292]

love seeing worn out actions. think of the music it took to fry a felt.

[@calebcamillesStreetlights]

That’s how my piano is

[@MikeOxlong-lv7wt]

We just got a very nice upright piano. , but for some reason some of the notes are louder than others and it's really messing with me

[@pianotm]

Needs voicing. Some of the hammers are harder than others. We soften hammers with needles. We have a solution to harden ones that are too soft.

[@ShanaiyaMuwanga]

I bet Jvke is shocked right now😂😂😂

[@idknotsterling]

do you know what would be the problem with some of my piano keys, the c#2 sometimes will stick down and i have to manually lift it up, and the f#7 will always stick down and it makes it hard to play

[@omegabyte3541]

Golden hour in the background 👍

[@ItzTara1]

OK did you notice I just realized in the background he’s playing golden hour and I’m pretty sure that he’s the one playing it how cool!!!😮

[@bonniesiegel9024]

Would you be willing to play some Mozart? That would be great, thank you🎼🎶🎹

[@Victinitotodilepro]

oh my grandma's piano does that, I thought it was just the specific sound that piano.made

[@ericl6460]

Titebond makes hide glue lik that? TIL I thought it usually needed to be heated and mixed etc

[@chubsmax8803]

In the background it's playing golden hour, noice

[@cindyannefontenot]

YES to Golden Hour!