Product Description: Published to commemorate the 200th anniversary, in June 2009, of the founding of the piano firm of Dieudonne and Schiedmayer in Stuttgart, this work provides for the first time translations of two early German-language fortepiano manuals...read more

Product Description: The second edition of this world famous book puts into clear pictures and language how anyone handy with tools can repair, regulate, maintain, and even completely rebuild a piano.

Product Description: If you are the owner of one of the thousands of neglected, but still servicable, family pianos, then this new DIY piano maintenance book may prove of interest. All aspects of piano servicing and maintenance are covered in relatively simple terms as are the methods of tuning a piano...read more

Discusses the selection of a used piano and offers practical advice on how to disassemble, strip, refinish, repair, and reassemble the piano

Demonstrates the techniques used to tune a piano, shows special piano tools and repair procedures, and explains why pianos go out of tune

Describes tools, materials, and techniques for repairing or restoring a piano and explains how pianos are tuned

Written in nontechnical language, this practical and theoretical guide to the tuning and repair of all keyboard stringed instruments gives precise explanations of electronic tuning and string tension adjustment