Tools for Piano Success w/ Steve Brady

In today’s episode, Steve Brady, the most highly awarded piano technician in the Pacific North West a member of the PTG Hall of Fame. He knows what it takes to make the piano sound like the instrument of dreams and he’s here today to share that secret sauce with us.

In this episode, Steve talks us through some common tools - but, chances are that you have not used them. Do you pre-coil the wire before putting it on the tuning pin? Great, but now you need to carry a dummy tuning pin and a tuning pin crank. Instead, you can use a brass rod cut to length with rounded edges and drill a hole through it. Now you have a multi-purpose tool that replaces the pre-coiled wire and the tuning pin. You can tune pins, level keys and

Was that tip helpful? This is just one of the many tools that Steve talks about in this episode. Tune in to learn more about this and other such tools to improve your tuning game!

Here’s a little bit about our guest Steve Brady:

He’s an award-winning Piano Technician and a respected PTG veteran. Along with securing a place in the PTG Hall of Fame, he was awarded the PTG’s “Golden Hammer Award,” one of the profession’s highest honors, for his contributions to the piano industry. He is the author of Under the Lid: The Art & Craft of the Concert Piano Technician. He resides in Seattle, Washington.

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