So, according to my calender it was August of last year that I had my first paid piano tuning. Before then I had done free piano tuning for friends in Rotherham and Sheffield, but only a year ago did I start tuning professionally. It’s been a year of ups and downs, with some weeks busier than others, but I enjoy it more and more as it goes on and, even though I could tune a piano upon finishing my piano tuning course, my piano tuning has improved since then, in that my tuning is more precise (particularly unisons) and I can set the pins with more ease and tune the whole piano faster than I could a year ago.

Customers will receive a text reminding them that their piano has not been tuned in a year and asking them whether they want me to come round and tune it. Not wanting to seem pushy with new customers, I’ll continue this policy for the forseeable future.

– Richard, Piano Tuner Sheffield.