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# Musselwhite Piano Services

Piano service in Calgary, AB

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## Posts

- [MPS Blog](https://www.musselwhite.com/mps-blog/)
- [Testimonials](https://www.musselwhite.com/2021/01/24/testimonials/) - John - The piano sounded magnificent Saturday night! Bravo!!! (in reference to a tuning for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra)---Janice D.
- [Thank You](https://www.musselwhite.com/2022/04/25/thank-you/) - It was an honor and a pleasure to know You, John, your amazing tuning gave Petrof the incredible sound, I've told all of my students about you as being unmatched - the best piano tuner there is. You are going to hear from my students for sure. Again many thx for the service, and for
- [Fully Vaccinated!](https://www.musselwhite.com/2021/06/24/fully-vaccinated/) - I'm happy to say I've received both doses of the mRNA vaccine plus two Boosters! I'll continue to follow best practices including wearing a mask if requested.
- [Sticky Keys](https://www.musselwhite.com/2022/03/18/sticky-keys/) - What makes piano keys stick? Read this from our friends at Piano Price Point. https://pianopricepoint.com/why-do-piano-keys-stick/
- [SPAM!](https://www.musselwhite.com/2022/02/27/spam/) - Due to robots (and other miscreants) filling my inbox with spam generated in the Contact and Testimonials pages, I've had to add a "Captcha" you have to click to prove you're really a human sending me mail. Many thanks to Judith for setting this up for me!
- [New Piano Documentary](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/11/21/new-piano-documentary/) - Added a great new video about rebuilding a Steinway Concert Grand
- [Website Improvements](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/12/16/website-improvements/) - Many thanks to Judith for updating my Website. I hope you enjoy the improvements. Please put any comments you may have in the Contact section. John
- [How old is Too Old?](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/09/19/how-old-is-too-old/) - Our friends at Piano Price Point posted a great article on this topic. Please go to https://pianopricepoint.com/how-old-is-too-old/ for some interesting information on when a piano is just too old and why.
- [Piano Videos!](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/06/18/piano-videos/) - I've added a new menu above for "Piano Videos". When I find interesting (hopefully!) videos relating to pianos such piano care or even factory tours, you'll find them on the link above! August 28, 2020 - Added Hamburg Factory Tour
- [Pitch Raising](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/06/18/pitch-raising/) - Here is a short video from the PTG Home Office about pitch raising and why it is important! Click anywhere.
- [COVID-19 information](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/03/15/covid-19-information/) - COVID-19 AND PIANO CARE THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUILD 4444 FOREST AVE. KANSAS CITY, KS 66106 PHONE: (913) 432-9975 WWW.PTG.ORG The Corona Virus (COVID-19) is having a major impact throughout the world and that includes the world of the piano technician. The Piano Technicians Guild is making the following suggestions for its members as they work
- [Happy New Year](https://www.musselwhite.com/2020/01/01/happy-new-year/) - Cherie and I wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous 2020! This year marks my 40th year as a full-time Piano Technician!
- [Season's Greetings!](https://www.musselwhite.com/2019/12/15/seasons-greetings/) - Season's Greetings to all my customers and future customers. This Christmas season has been extremely busy for us and there are no more appointments open until mid-January! Thank you all for choosing Musselwhite Piano Services. Serving Calgary and area musicians for almost 40 years!
- [Chinook School of Music](https://www.musselwhite.com/2019/09/07/chinook-school-of-music/) - I'm very happy to be working with Carrie Kalmykov and the Chinook School of Music. They offer many music programs on many instruments and have some great instructors.
- [Latest News](https://www.musselwhite.com/2019/04/22/latest-news/) - March 15, 2019 – I’m very happy to be working with the Highwood Lions Music Festival at High River United Church, March 21 to April 5 as both a sponsor and as the piano technician. See https://www.highwoodmusicfestival.com/ for more details. March 9, 2018 – We are pleased to announce that we are now licensed to tune in

## Pages

- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [](https://www.musselwhite.com/) - CELEBRATING 46 YEARS of SERVICE to the CALGARY MUSIC SCENE! John Musselwhite, RPT, the owner and technician at Musselwhite Piano Services, is dedicated to the proper tuning and servicing of home, school, church and concert pianos. Our primary service area covers most of Southern Alberta. John owns and operates the Yamaha Piano and Hybrid Warranty
- [Concert Tunings and Artists](https://www.musselwhite.com/concert-tunings/) - CONCERT SERVICE Many people ask about the difference between a "concert tuning" and a "regular" tuning. It's not so much the tuning itself, which must be of the highest musicality possible on the instrument, but the ability and hopefully the opportunity to prepare the piano for the highest level of performance. Very often a "concert
- [Our History](https://www.musselwhite.com/our-history-2/) - F.W. (Fred) Musselwhite My Grandfather, F.W. (Fred) Musselwhite, was trained in England as an Organist, and apprenticed as an Organ Builder to Henry Willis in Liverpool. After a brief post as Organist for the Duke and Duchess of Westminster, he came to Canada with the "Barr Colony", finally settling in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in
- [Piano Benches and Covers](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-benches-and-covers/) - Do you or your children suffer from sitting on a hard and uncomfortable piano bench? Is the covering on your bench torn, worn out or missing buttons? We can recover and add new padding to piano benches of all kinds, including piano chairs and artist benches. Old scratched and damaged benches can be covered
- [Piano Life Saver](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-life-saver/) - Pianos go out of tune with changes in temperature and humidity more than anything else. A change of as little as 10% can cause a piano to rise and fall in pitch depending on the direction of the change.
- [Photos](https://www.musselwhite.com/photos/) - John with Lang Lang
- [Yamaha Disklavier](https://www.musselwhite.com/yamaha-disklavier/) - Yamaha Disklavier and Hybrid Pianos The Yamaha Disklavier is arguably one of the greatest advancements in piano technology since the invention of the piano. Using sophisticated electronics it is a player piano, a recording piano, a MIDI controller and a home entertainment system all in one package. Please check out Disklavier.com for the latest Disklavier
- [Our Service Partners](https://www.musselwhite.com/our-service-partners/) - PIANO MOVING RPM Piano Moving. Call Kyle at 403-828-1722 , email rpmpianomoving@shaw.ca or visit www.rpmpianomoving.com Refinishing – Unfortunately due to the lack of excellent refinishers in Calgary, I cannot recommend any at this time Recording Services – OCL Recording Studios. www.oclstudios.com Backline, Staging and Production–FM Systems. www.fmsystems.net Rebuilding and consultations - Adam Remenda, RPT email a.remenda@gmail.com
- [Complete Service Call](https://www.musselwhite.com/complete-service-call/) - THE COMPLETE SERVICE CALLThis service, usually about four hours long, is recommended for pianos that not only need a large pitch correction and tuning, but that may also need cleaning and minor repairs and also need attention paid to minor regulation problems. If more service is required you will be informed about what will be
- [Standard Tuning](https://www.musselwhite.com/standard-tuning/) - All case parts removed from the piano are placed on a padded blanket. Minor pitch corrections are performed first, then the piano is meticulously tuned in equal or an historical temperament to the concert pitch of A-440 unless otherwise requested. A standard tuning is recommended every 6 months for the average home piano at a
- [Basic Services](https://www.musselwhite.com/basic-services/) - MUSSELWHITE PIANO SERVICES We service pianos in all areas of Calgary and most of the surrounding area. Additional charges for time and mileage may apply outside of the city limits. Please ask about the rates if you are out of the Calgary area. Although we work on many different kinds of pianos, concert service is our
- [Covid Precautions](https://www.musselwhite.com/covid-precautions/) - Thank you for your patience through the Pandemic. Our services have now resumed full-time. I will retain best practices for preventing transmission of the virus by checking my temperature daily, using face masks when required or asked and using hand sanitizer as well as wearing clean clothing. I will be disinfecting the piano keys before
- [Additional Services](https://www.musselwhite.com/additional-services/) - KEEPING IT REGULATED Regulation involves making careful adjustments to the action and keys, dampers and pedal systems to compensate for the effects of wear and humidity changes on your piano. Proper regulation focuses on making the action repeat quickly and play as evenly as possible throughout the entire scale of the piano. The cost of
- [Teachers and Studios](https://www.musselwhite.com/teachers-and-studios/) - LOCAL TEACHERS and STUDIOS (Click their names (in blue) for more information) Brent Tucker (Pipe Organ, Piano and theory)Janice DahlbergKarin HaggMadelaine NeufeldPat HeitmanDorothea Johanson (Deceased)Linh NguyenEsther BingBrian FarrellAndrea KazmaierCatherine Stephen (piano and Violin)Cathy LisColleen RollerLorna SewellAllen ReiserDonna HoloboffJim PickenLynne Dalcin (Airdrie)Lila MacKenzie (Airdrie)Jill Kotchon (Airdrie)Dara Fenske - Piano Melodies (Red Deer) Chinook School of Music
- [Services](https://www.musselwhite.com/services/) - We service pianos in all areas of Calgary and most of the surrounding area. Additional charges for time and mileage may apply outside of the city limits. There is no extra charge for clients in Cochrane, Airdrie, Chestermere and Okotoks or areas nearby. We work on many different brands of pianos and service is our
- [Piano Care](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-care/) - COVID-19 AND PIANO CARE THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUILD 4444 FOREST AVE. KANSAS CITY, KS 66106 PHONE: (913) 432-9975 WWW.PTG.ORG The Corona Virus (COVID-19) had a major impact throughout the world and that includes the world of the piano technician. The Piano Technicians Guild is making the following suggestions for its members as they work in
- [Keeping Your Piano in Tune](https://www.musselwhite.com/keeping-your-piano-in-tune/) - Your piano’s strings are under a tension of about forty thousand pounds, all supported by an iron frame and the thin wooden soundboard. To keep your piano sounding as good as it can, most manufacturers recommend at least two tunings per year. As noted above, a piano that that has been neglected is often very sharp or
- [Testimonials](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonials/) - We always love hearing from our clients. Testimonials can be found in the "sidebar" (Below the "Book an appointment" link) under "Reviews".
- [Contact Us](https://www.musselwhite.com/contact-us/) - In order to make sure any response from us does not get trapped in your junk/spam filter, please whitelist our email. If you are not sure how to do that, you can consult the help files for your email client or check this page. ************************* Please fill out this form to send an email to
- [The PTG](https://www.musselwhite.com/the-ptg/) - THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUILD INC. The Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) is the world's premier association of professional piano technicians. Registered Members are required to pass three rigorous examinations covering basic knowledge, repairs and tuning and are authorized to use the PTG logos and professional supplies. Non-registered "Associate" members are untested and their skills are not
- [Links](https://www.musselwhite.com/links/) - SOME INTERESTING PIANO RELATED LINKS Piano Technicians Guild PTG Resources for Teachers Five Lectures on the Acoustics of the Piano Piano Oddities from David Boyce in England Visual descriptions of Piano Temperaments Piano Price Point - Free online catalogue and information Music Theory Lessons for Kids (suggested by Anna) National Music Centre Calgary Yamaha Canada
- [Piano FAQ](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-faq/) - (Some information courtesy of the Piano Technicians Guild Inc. Used by permission) Piano Technicians Guild Inc.
- [Special Info](https://www.musselwhite.com/special-info/)
- [Additional Services](https://www.musselwhite.com/additional-services-2/) - KEEPING IT REGULATED Regulation involves making careful adjustments to the action and keys, dampers and pedal systems to compensate for the effects of wear and humidity changes on your piano. Proper regulation focuses on making the action repeat quickly and play as evenly as possible throughout the entire scale of the piano. The cost of
- [Piano Videos](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-videos/) - Here you'll find some interesting piano-related videos, mostly from YouTube. Press your back button to return to this page. PTG VIDEOS Pitch Raising The Expensive "Free" Piano What's the difference between a piano tuner and a piano technician? Humidity Control OTHER PIANO (OR MUSIC) RELATED VIDEOS SITKA - A Piano Documentary - Rebuilding a Steinway
- [Piano Videos](https://www.musselwhite.com/piano-videos-2/)
- [Pianos For Sale or Wanted](https://www.musselwhite.com/pianos-for-sale-or-wanted/) - The pianos listed here are for sale by private owners. If you are interested in more information or in purchasing these instruments please leave me a note on the Contact Us page and I will put you in touch with the owner. All pianos listed have been inspected and/or tuned by me personally. I am not
- [Yamaha Warranty Service](https://www.musselwhite.com/yamaha-warranty-service/) - Service to Yamaha Pianos

## Testimonials

- [Wayne H.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/wayne-h/) - I have appreciated your excellent tuning John. The piano has never sounded better. All the best!
- [Heather T.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/heather-t/) - You’re the best John! Thx so much!
- [Vern K.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/vern-k/) - I was playing some Chopin/Bach and Beethoven yesterday. My playing was weak but the piano sounded absolutely lovely. It is fun to play on a piano when it sounds so good! I love the sound of my piano – thanks for the tuning!
- [Bev C.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/bev-c/) - Very pleased with the piano tuning. Would definitely not hesitate to recommend (and have already) and certainly will use on a regular basis. Thank you
- [Janice D.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/janice-d/) - John - The piano sounded magnificent Saturday night! Bravo!!! (in reference to a tuning for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra)
- [Tricia C.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/tricia-c/) - John is a very talented piano tuner, and a real gentleman.
- [Claire K.](https://www.musselwhite.com/testimonial/claire-k/) - John was friendly, extremely knowledgeable and professional. He did a fantastic job tuning my piano. Would highly recommend him.

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