Service Summaries & Fee

直身琴及三角琴： $400

We offer piano evaluation for clients who are interested in purchasing quality used piano from private owners. This is because both the sellers and buyers likely have little knowledge of the condition of pianos. For buyers, it is a nightmare to only discover their newly purchased pianos are due for costly repair. Worst is that the piano doesn’t worth repairing. To prevent such scenario, we offer evaluation service prior transaction.

How does it work? The technician will come and check for internal damage, insect infestation and overall condition of the piano.

As many pianos are out of tune during the sale, our technician shall tune several notes from various registers so the buyer may have a more realistic impression of the particular piano's sound.

It will take 30 to 60 minutes. Clients will get a detail report of the findings and professional comments such as a ball-park quotations for any essential repair.

Note: It might be difficult if the pianos in question are being let go for free, because the owners might not want to put up with the trouble.

Treble & Mid-section

Treble: Charge by service duration. (Each wire requires 30 to 60 minutes.)
Mid-range (underneath bass strings): Charge by service duration. (Each wire requires 60 to 90 minutes.)

Cost of material: All plain wires (made in Japan) are included.

Bass Section

Bass String Splice:Treble: When succeed, charge by service duration. (Each wire requires 30 to 60 minutes.) When failed, no charge.

According to the technician's judgement, broken bass strings may be spliced. If the strings were old and fragile, they might not withhold the required tension. Moreover, the success rate of this process is only 50%. Therefore, the technician might deny performing this repair. When the procedure is successful, the bass string can function as usual with slight discount of sound quality and might cause noises. Therefore, clients are advised to replace it with new duplicated string as soon as possible.

More About Bass String Replacement

Bass strings installation:Charge by service duration. (Each wire requires 30 to 60 minutes.)

Cost of material: The cost of bass strings replacement varies between $200 to $300 each. They can be duplicated locally, or ordered from international manufacturers (when possible). Please inquire for a quotation.

Note:Please be aware that there is a $400 minimum per visit.

Grand piano's action consists of numerous small parts. When the piano has been played often, these parts tend to move little by little from their original position, felt parts would get compressed, springs become weaker etc. All these makes piano playing less fun than what it used to be.

It is completely normal for parts to become deregulated. However, when left in such a condition for a long time, some parts will get worn more than usual. To prevent the piano from performing worse, we recommend grand pianos to receive a one-day regulation care every few years.

Regulation means to return parts to settings where they can coordinate most efficiently. As long as the parts aren't worn heavily, this procedure does not require any major change of parts.

Please be aware that a one-day regulation is considered small scale. Depending on the piano's condition, a 3 to 4-day service is common as well.

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直身琴：$120
Grand piano: Please inquire.

Dehumidifying rod, or "heat rod", is a simple device to lower relative humidity by raising surrounding's temperature. It is typically installed next to the soundboard, as it has direct influence in the piano's tuning stability. Dehumidifying rod does not have on/off button, as they are designed for long term use. Hong Kong is so humid that it is fine to keep it on and forget about it.

Clients are welcome to provide a dehumidifying rod for their upright pianos. We will install it without cost.

濕度控製器 (不包括防潮管)：$400

Made in Hong Kong. It is similar to Dampp-Chaser unit, but more affordable. When humidity approaches around 50%, the amount that favours piano, the controller shuts off the power.

Though, isn't Hong Kong very humid? What's the need? When temperature increases, people tend to turn on the air conditioner more often. When the AC's on, the humidity drops drastically. When it's off, the humidity comes back almost immediately. Sometimes, one might even observe condensation on the piano. The humidity sensitive power supply can lower the difference between these extremes, in turns increases tuning stability.

We welcome inquires and quotation requests from primary/secondary schools and organisations. Before inquiring, please understand that initial quotations might not reflect the final fee because piano problems must be examined by a professional piano technician first. If our final quotation exceeds clients' budget, we can make alternative plans with compromises.

To avoid confusions, clients (especially those require extensive payment period) must sign a hard copy of our agreement form before any services is provided. (Sample).