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# Toronto Piano Tuning and Repair

David Patterson - Master Piano Technician

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- [Blog](https://davidpatterson.ca/blog/)
- [Players CAN Hear Piano Tuning Detail](https://davidpatterson.ca/2011/05/average-piano-player-can-hear-piano-tuning-detail/) - When we tune pianos, we are setting up the 12 notes in the scale in one particular way, out of a potentially infinite number that could exist. This is called setting the temperament. One main type, Equal Temperament, has been appearing on pianos since the 1910’s, although that system of tuning has existed since the
- [Driving](https://davidpatterson.ca/2011/04/driving/) - Ontario has hundreds and hundreds of these wonderful-looking towns and villages. But there are also hundreds of hamlets. As I drive out in the country to visit my Yamaha or Steinway or Kawai, a sign alerts me to the existence of a little place. Without the sign, one might not notice that there is a
- [Techs More Serious After Climate Control](https://davidpatterson.ca/2011/03/techs-more-serious-after-climate-control/) - After a piano owner installs a climate control system into their piano, the technician then has the opportunity to provide a much higher level of service. In most instances, the piano technician will get more serious about detailed work on the piano. This is because there is less change, and the work done previously is
- [9 Ft. Steinway Dropped From Airplane](https://davidpatterson.ca/2011/02/forced-to-push-steinway-concert-grands-from-airplane/) - During the Second World War, Japan attacked parts of China, causing some people to leave in a hurry. One wealthy family loaded as many belongings as they could into a transport plane, which was leaving the country. Among the items were two Steinway concert grand pianos. As the plane approached the mountains, it was having
- [An Interview with David Patterson](https://davidpatterson.ca/2011/01/an-interview-with-david-patterson/) - How long have you been doing this? Well, if you mean in any capacity, I could say since 1970. Working professionally part-time would be 1973. And working full-time: 1976. But, y'know I've always noticed that the "How long?" question is what people will ask, rarely is it "How many?" So if a person has worked
- [Is The Piano Dead?](https://davidpatterson.ca/2010/09/is-the-piano-dead/) - Frank Baxter really puts everything in a nutshell! The piano is certainly not dead and never will be!
- [Old Time Selling](https://davidpatterson.ca/2010/11/old-time-selling/) - In the 1910s and 1920s, the larger piano companies in Canada, such as Heintzman, had an amazing way of marketing their products. Their sales reps would go door to door out in the country selling pianos, at least in this common scenario out West and in the prairies. The salesmen would use a technique known in
- [PianoDisc](https://davidpatterson.ca/2010/07/pianodisc/) - PianoDisc has undergone such mind-boggling changes in technology that I'm having to play a bit of catch-up now. Doing a beautiful PianoDisc installation has always entailed detailed electronic setup. To make the piano truly "play" means going the extra mile to keep trying for more delicacy of touch by the player piano portion. (Detailed action
- [5 Ways To Improve Your Piano Playing](https://davidpatterson.ca/2010/10/5-ways-to-improve-your-piano-playing/) - If you are a piano player and or looking for piano study tips to improve your piano playing read these tips here below. Are you playing the piano? It´s a great and rich instrument but before you can really start playing the great masters or that great jazz tune lots of practicing needs to be done... For this article I want to mention 5 ways to improve your piano playing.
- [The wonder of the piano](https://davidpatterson.ca/2010/06/the-wonder-of-the-piano/) - Piano has become an integral part of music. Many musical notes do not seem possible without it. And many notes would not sound as good as they can do on a piano. Everyone must have listened with relish to Beethoven's fifth, Gershwin's Rhapsody, rock and roll of little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. The piano can be played solo or with other instruments. It would hold its own nonetheless.

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- [Home](https://davidpatterson.ca/) - Thank you for visiting. I have been very fortunate in my career, and feel lucky to have given service to so many amazing individuals. If you own a piano, you have stories that I love to hear. You probably have attachments to an instrument. You may be passionate, or you may have only spurts of interest. You may be like millions of people who “have always wanted to play piano” or “have always wanted to own a piano”. Regardless of your association, I take joy in bringing you to a higher level of enthusiasm, wherever you might be on the musical spectrum. I hope we can talk sometime soon!
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- [David Patterson, Master Piano Technician](https://davidpatterson.ca/master-piano-technician/) - I began as a full-time technician in the piano service industry 46 years ago, and have serviced over 40,000 pianos. I am a registered member of four guilds of piano technicians – including the Master Piano Technicians – and have been involved at the international level. I have attended over 1000 seminars, given by some
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- [contact](https://davidpatterson.ca/contact/) - For more information or to schedule an appointment, please feel free to call me at 416-638-0901.
- [Piano Tuning](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-tuning/) - Toronto Piano Tuning - To be excellent at piano tuning, one needs to always be slightly dissatisfied with the result. For once a technician reaches 10,000 + pianos, one quality tuning result is much like another.
- [Piano Refinishing](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-refinishing/) - Toronto piano refinishing - Since piano finishes are known to be the highest-quality type of refinishing available, the amount of preparation work and the standards for the application of each coat are much greater than in the home, aviation or automotive industries.
- [Services](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/) - Piano repair, tuning and maintenance services in the Greater Toronto Area. David Patterson, complete piano specialist and registered master piano technician.
- [Piano Rebuilding](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-rebuilding/) - Piano restoration and rebuilding is more than just replacing and exchanging components. The service starts with diagnosis. The quality begins when the technician and the piano lover create a common vision of the finished product.
- [Clients](https://davidpatterson.ca/clients/) - Warranty Service Yamaha Steinway Kawai Heintzman Young Chang Samick Baldwin Wurlitzer Knabe Petrof Kimball Concert Halls Roy Thomson Hall Massey Hall O'Keefe Centre Glen Gould Studio Mississauga Ctr/Perf Arts Markham Theatre The Masonic Temple Leah Posluns Theatre Scarborough Village Thtr Kingswood Theatre Buddies in Bad Times Thtr Casa Loma Schools University of Toronto York University
- [Piano Regulation](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-regulation/) - Detailed piano regulation is the bedrock of high performance tone quality. This action setup is the primary test signalling quality work in a rebuilt piano. Touch, repetition, evenness, responsiveness, feel, heaviness, lightness, quickness…are the essence of piano regulating. Every piano regardless of make or grade deserves to be at its full potential - only then
- [PianoDisc Installation](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/pianodisc-installation/) - As a PianoDisc representative, I can relay that piano purists no longer look down at this incredible retrofit enhancement that can be installed on any piano. In addition to leaving the "piano" aspects completely unchanged, the benefits possible by adding PianoDisc has challenged the imagination more and more over time.
- [Piano Moving](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-moving/) - Confidence in your rebuilding work is increased when piano movers that are obvious professionals arrive for pickup to perform this complicated task. You want your grand piano safe, with detailed disassembly, careful packing and thorough wrapping of the case and parts. Transporting a piano can be an emotional ride for a piano owner. I have
- [General FAQ's](https://davidpatterson.ca/information/piano-general-faqs/) - How long have you been doing this? Well, if you mean in any capacity, I could say since 1970. Working professionally part-time would be 1973. And working full-time: 1976. But, I've always noticed that the "How long?" question is what people will ask; rarely is it "How many?" So if a person has worked at
- [PianoDisc Installation FAQ's](https://davidpatterson.ca/information/piano-disc-faqs/) - What is the iQ Intelligent Player System? The iQ Intelligent Player System can be operated from your choice of external devices, including popular music delivery devices like the *iPod and MP3 players. PianoDisc's revolutionary iQ acts as a bridge between today's latest music playback technology and PianoDisc's elegant SilentDrive reproducing piano system. With iQ, you
- [Assessments / Appraisals](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-assessments-and-appraisals/) - Prior to rebuilding your piano, you will require a thorough examination of its structural, mechanical, and acoustic properties. In a newer instrument, the need for regulation or voicing may need to be addressed. Reconditioning or overhaul work may be indicated in slightly older pianos. You may be wanting to refinish the cabinet. Piano moving may
- [Piano Voicing](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-voicing/) - Piano voicing, alongside piano tuning and piano regulation, completes the set of actions that produce a high performance piano situation if performed well. As a final step in any major work, this is the high-end rebuilder's most critical skill. Also called tone regulation, piano voicing is sometimes misunderstood both by piano players and piano technicians.
- [Piano Rebuilding FAQ's](https://davidpatterson.ca/information/) - What is piano rebuilding, what is piano restoration, what is piano remanufacturing, and what is reconditioning? The terms "Reconditioning and Rebuilding" are covered in the Piano Technician Guild's PTG Council Book of Resolutions. In other words, registered piano technicians, during one of our parliamentary sessions, have agreed on this wording: Reconditioned Piano A used piano
- [Complete Piano Specialist](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/) - After many years of providing to the Greater Toronto Area a full service organization, I became accustomed to offering clients what they want and need. All options become available through low-key choices, backed up by our thorough Invoice & Assessment Checklist form. Your piano deserves to be at its full potential, and so do you!
- [Overhaul/ Reconditioning](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-overhaul-reconditioning/) - When parts begin to wear out, both feel and sound suffer. Piano reconditioning procedures can bring back the mechanics close to the manufacturer's specifications with the use of original components. A rebuilder's set of skills is utilized to the fullest during this type of work. Following a piano reconditioning or overhaul a thin, tinny sound will
- [Climate Control Systems](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/climate-control-systems/) - The whole set of piano strings tighten up in the summer when wood that controls the tuning swells with higher relative humidity. Then, they loosen in the winter when the soundboard wood shrinks. Meanwhile, individual notes are varying in comparison to one another, causing an out of tune sound. These piano humidity control and climate
- [Maintenance Packages](https://davidpatterson.ca/services/piano-specialists/piano-maintenance-packages/) - A trusted measure of piano quality is to ask: how many days out of every 365 is your piano sounding fantastic and closely in-tune? A piano maintenance plan services your piano in an orderly manner by following the manufacturer’s recommendations. The benefit of a piano servicing program is that the focus becomes maintenance and upkeep

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