piano tuning app

July 24, 2025, 06:48 PM

konata88

piano tuning app

I'm getting my piano tuned is prep for (re-)learning how to play.

Is there an iphone app that I can use to test the tuning? And maybe when another tuning is warranted? If not an app, some sort of tool (like the tuner used for a Uke)?

Not a professional and don't have an ear (yet). Just want something to test tuning - close enough for learning or should be tuned.

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July 24, 2025, 06:58 PM

dsiets

quote:
Originally posted by konata88:
I'm getting my piano tuned is prep for (re-)learning how to play.

Is there an iphone app that I can use to test the tuning? And maybe when another tuning is warranted? If not an app, some sort of tool (like the tuner used for a Uke)?

Not a professional and don't have an ear (yet). Just want something to test tuning - close enough for learning or should be tuned.

All I know is if you don't have a piano tuned regularly, it's not good for the piano. As in, it will not have resale value.
MY mother was gifted a baby grand and it was never tuned and thus, we petty much gave it away for the moving cost, practically.

I would find someone to tune it if you are passionate about it and then go from there.

(Hope you're doing well, K)

July 24, 2025, 07:01 PM

konata88

Thanks. Yes, i hired a tuner. I want to test it after tuning to set a baseline and then retune when it gets sufficiently out of tune. Tuner guy said it was very out of tune. And would need a retune soon.

Thanks, retirement imminent. I'm well. Hope you’re the same.

"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book

July 25, 2025, 05:08 AM

4MUL8R

Your piano will not shift pitches in a uniform manner. Of the 88 keys, songs will use very few. So, at what point do you retune, should you test each key on a schedule? What if only three are out? Six?

Why not relax and set a schedule for the man to retune? Start in three months. This will catch major shifts after dormancy. Then six months. Then annually.

July 25, 2025, 09:25 AM

konata88

Yes, that's probably the way to go.

I was just interested in learning. I really had no idea how off tune it was before tuning. And not sure what's really changed after tuning. It sounds a little different but not sure if it's how it should sound or not.

And if it sounds the way it should I'd like to try to get used to the sound - be able to roughly tell at least how the C's should sound.

I'm thinking I should not get used to the way it sounds if it's still off tune.

I'll defer to this later. I'll just focus on reading notes regardless of the sound.

"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book

July 25, 2025, 02:26 PM

PR64

I just did a quick google search for piano tuner app and a bunch came up.

July 25, 2025, 03:34 PM

6guns

quote:
Originally posted by konata88:
Yes, that's probably the way to go.

I was just interested in learning. I really had no idea how off tune it was before tuning. And not sure what's really changed after tuning. It sounds a little different but not sure if it's how it should sound or not.

And if it sounds the way it should I'd like to try to get used to the sound - be able to roughly tell at least how the C's should sound.

I'm thinking I should not get used to the way it sounds if it's still off tune.

I'll defer to this later. I'll just focus on reading notes regardless of the sound.

If you're unsure of his work, should you call him back? Maybe he could explain how he arrives at his pitches? That will give you more confidence the job was done right.

July 26, 2025, 10:16 AM

Lefty Sig

Any chromatic tuning app will work.

I like Peterson's iStroboSoft since it digitally mimics a professional strobe tuner. Play a note and it will show you. Now, actualy TUNING a piano is not something I know how to do, just guitars.