In addition to being an experienced piano teacher, Benjamin also has extensive experience as a piano technician. At The New School's College of Performing Arts and the Mannes School of Music (both in New York City), Benjamin works as a piano technician--a role that involves tuning and servicing an inventory of Steinway, Yamaha, and Bosendorfer pianos with a value of roughly $10 million.
Benjamin has also tuned for institutions including Tian Song Musical Arts in Brooklyn, NY and countless private pianists. Unlike some technicians, Benjamin has experience working on many rare and antique pianos, including pneumatic player pianos, one of his specialties. When you have Benjamin work on your pianos, you can feel rest assured that your piano will be meticulously cared for.
$160
Standard fine tuning. This will return your piano to A-440 concert pitch. It is typically recommended that a piano is tuned at least twice a year or following any move or large humidity change.
*This service is included with a pitch raise.
$240
Required to return a piano’s strings to concert pitch when greater than 20 cents away from target pitch. Often necessary after a piano has not been regularly serviced for more than a year. Rate includes fine tuning.
*Please note that after a pitch raise, it can take time for a piano’s strings, bridges, soundboard, pinblock, and plate to adjust to the new tension. This tends to result in an unstable tuning. To avoid this and ensure a piano's long term condition, tuning should occur at least once every 6 months.
$100/hour
This service includes the polishing of all exterior surfaces of a piano's casework, including the outer rim, lid, fallboard, keyslip, music desk, legs, and other finished surfaces, when applicable.
This service does not include any case touch-up work involving lacquer, polyester, scratch filling, etc. - These services can be arranged on a case-by-case basis.
$110/hour
Regulation refers to the speicalized adjustments that affect how a piano is played and felt by the pianist. This service includes regulation of pedals, basic keyboard/action regulation, lost motion adjustment, let off adjustment, basic voicing adjustments, etc.
Typically, pianos in the home environment should have a full regulation completed roughly every five years. For pianos played daily or at the intermediate to professional levels, a piano should be fully regulated roughy every two years
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$100/hour
This service includes the dusting, vacuuming, and brushing out of dust, lint, hair, and other contaminents that accumulate over time in or on a piano.