Joshua Switzer-Crowe
The Edmonton Piano Tuner
All other services are billed at $160 per hour, if completed at a tuning appointment.
If a tuning is not required the minimum charge is $160, plus the hourly rate after the first 45 minutes.
Piano appraisals and pre-purchase inspections are $350 within our service area.
Pre-Purchase inspections are critical when buying a used piano!! Pianos are expensive, cumbersome instruments. You will be spending a lot of money to have them moved into your home, so please have it inspected BEFORE you invest. Restoring an old piano to working condition can cost THOUSANDS of dollars..... There is no such thing as a free piano!! Please call me before making any purchases!
You will also learn a lot about what to look for in a piano by having us inspect it for you! You will be there during the inspection and I will teach you exactly what I am looking for. So even if you don't end up buying it, you will be educated enough to identify a good deal when you see one!
Existing Clients ONLY. Basic Tuning Service for pianos last tuned by Joshua, within 12 months.
A little extra love for pianos that missed their last spa day, or several. When a piano goes without tuning, our annual drastic weather changes move the piano further and further from standard pitch. This will require more time to correct and stabilize the overall pitch of the instrument. Joshua spends the time required to get it RIGHT in one appointment. Sometimes this means tuning the piano 3 times in one appointment.
I specialize in what I call "Piano Triage." I identify and solve the most pressing issues first. For most pianos we start with the basics, as each one is complete we move to the next item. The better shape your piano is in, the more items I will get through.
The above services are recommend every 3 - 10 years depending on use.
If time permits, or if the piano necessitates it, we would be happy to use this appointment to level keys, regulate the action, polish the pedals, etc... There is never a shortage of work to do on any piano!
6 hours of on-the-piano work. Starting from the bed in which the keys lay, we go right back to the beginning and find the flaws that have been holding your piano, and you, back from the factory, and accommodate for all the wear and tear your practicing has accumulated. This is the factory reset. We work on every aspect, the touch, the tone, the feeling, and we make it sing. You want it to play quieter? We can make it whisper. You'll have access to the full palette of tonal colour your instrument is capable of.
Word of warning, certain pianos need 3 of these appointments. Certain vintages of Korean Grands come to mind, and even what are regarded as fabulous pianos sometimes have really whacky problems that can be very time consuming to figure out. If you own one of these pianos, we will definitely be talking about it.
Tunings outside of our regular service area will be charged 75 cents per kilometre, round trip, starting and ending at the Anthony Henday.
All prices shown will have GST added to the invoice.
Payment by: Cheque, Cash, Interac (debit), Credit Card, or Email Money Transfer
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