Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding: A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist

By Arthur a Reblitz

For over forty years, Arthur A. Reblitz's Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding has been the gold-standard manual for piano technicians and hands-on hobbyists who want to rebuild or maintain pianos. Reblitz demystifies the daunting prospect of working on a piano as he guides readers through every detail of upright and grand piano mechanics and describes servicing and repairs with understandable, easy-to-follow instructions.

The third edition of this invaluable handbook includes over 60 new and 300 remastered images of piano anatomy, tools, and techniques; consideration of ivory alternatives and the newest adhesives and lubricants; new material covering the art of tuning by ear and today's sophisticated electronic tuning devices; new repair and rebuilding techniques; and a brand new glossary of terms.

Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists around the world with an essential twenty-first-century guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538114437
• ISBN13: 9781538114438
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.1"