• Responsive Touch
• Fast repetition
• Powerful tone
• Easily controlled loud and soft dynamics

Regulating
Adjusting the action for optimal touch and response.

After many hours of use, the piano’s action mechanism requires periodic adjusting in order to maintain a responsive touch.  Similar to an automobile’s steering system, a piano’s action gradually becomes sluggish and loses its sensitivity to your touch as the action parts undergo normal wear.

While concert pianos are regulated weekly for optimum performance, most pianos will benefit greatly from some basic regulating every 5 to 10 years to keep the action functioning like new.  You’ll be thrilled to find that your piano can once again be musically responsive and fun to play!

Symptoms of a piano in need of Regulating

• Lack of power in the piano's tone
• Action feels sloppy and/or sluggish
• Hammers bounce against the strings when played
• Poor repetition - difficult to play fast passages
• Inconsistent response when playing softly