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About Us
Russ Hilderbrand, RPT
- Since 2014, Russ Hilderbrand , RPT has provided quality piano service for professional musicians, music teachers and recreational players in music venues, homes, and churches. Russ is a Christian, and the worship leader at the church that he attends. He provides the tithing back to churches that he services. Russ has been a musician most of his life, and plays several instruments. Before becoming a piano technician, Russ, held engineering positions in the Cellular, Robotics, and Telephony fields. Russ, was also a certified Biomed Technician. One day Russ put his love for music, robotics, and engineering together, and he knew that the piano was the way for him to go. He loves to tune and repair pianos. Russ attended the Butler School of Piano Technology. Russ has taken many other piano classes offered by the very best Piano Technicians in the field. He continues taking classes to seek ways to improve his skills. Russ is a Registered Piano Technician of the Piano Technicians Guild and, a certified Piano Life Saver System Installer. He is a member of the Piano Technicians Guild's Piano Teachers Relations Committee. Here are a few of the artists that Russ has worked with. Emile Pandolfi, The Diamonds, The Rainer Trio, Richard Jeric, Jesse Ratcliffe, Emmet Cahill, and Tony DeSare.
- If you would like to schedule an appointment with Russ for Piano Tuning , Maintenance or Repair Please Call. Note By Note Tuning (540) 547-8863
Piano Maintenance
Piano's need regular maintenance. Tuning, regulation, voicing and cleaning.
Tuning the piano not only sets the pitch of each of the strings, it also sets the tension of piano to where it was designed to be. Most manufactures recommend that their pianos be tuned twice a year.
Regulation, is a process of tightening and adjusting the parts of the piano so that the piano performs at its best.
Voicing, simply put, refers to the changing the tone of the instrument. This is accomplish by softening or hardening the felt hammers, and by adjusting the way the hammers contacts the strings.
Cleaning, As you can see in the following pictures, piano's have a lot of parts. When dirt and dust collect in those parts it makes the piano very sluggish and hard to play.
Russ is a Piano Life Saver Certified Installer
Pianos go out of tune because changes in humidity cause expansion or contraction of the piano’s soundboard. The soundboard movement changes the tension of the strings, which causes the piano to go out of tune. The expansion of the wood in the piano can also cause soundboards and bridges to crack. A Climate Control System, also known as the Piano Life Saver System, helps maintain the humidity of your piano around 42%. Maintaining a consistent level of humidity for your piano helps reduce the significant fluctuations in pitch by stabilizing the crown of the soundboard which can increase and decrease with the changes in weather. In addition, reducing the significant fluctuations in relative humidity can help reduce the aging process of the wood parts of the piano. For more information, visit www.pianolifesaver.com.
The Piano Life Saver™ system keeps the humidity inside your piano at the proper level all year long. This maintains tuning stability and increases the life of your piano.
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