Rick Erwin Piano Tuning

05/08/2026

🎹 Heading to the Kingdom - it’s a three piano day in Derby Line, VT! 🎹

04/22/2026

Tip for clients to get the most out of your piano tuning appointment!

Let's talk quick about how to get the most out of a tuning appointment, as a client. Tuners don't need much in order to give you our best, top notch work, however, we do have just a couple of needs. I mean, as a client, you're paying us to service your piano so you want to get our best work, right? First, and most importantly, we need QUIET. Our work depends on using our ears. Literally. If we can't hear, we can't tune. The quieter the better. Now, speaking for myself, some light chatting and such is no biggie. What makes tuning difficult though are things like: TV, music, vacuuming, lawn mowers, power tools, lots of yelling and robust conversation, video games etc. Second, we need space. Make sure we can access the top, to remove the lid, for uprights, and lift the lid, for grands. That also means everything needs to be taken off the piano before we can work. We also need space on the right side for our elbow and our tuning lever. And then, we need space to either sit (I usually sit unless the piano is tall) or stand in front of the piano, so we need space and access in front of the piano.

This will help us help your piano!! Did I mention that we need it quiet???? Just making sure...

04/09/2026

It’s always a nice day when I get to tune the beautiful Steinway B at the Highland Center For The Arts. It’s especially cool today, because I am tuning for the Jazz at Lincoln Center “Crooners“ concert tonight, featuring  Benny Benack III (trumpet/vocals), Robbie Lee (piano), and Shenel Johns (vocals)! And, I’m really looking forward to hearing MARIA MARMAROU on drums!

Don't miss this! Great American Crooners focuses on quintessential crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Bobby Darin, whose velvety voices and sentimental serenades made them superstars on stage and screen.

For more than three decades, Jazz at Lincoln Center has been a leading advocate for jazz, culture, and arts education globally. Under Wynton Marsalis, they’ve brought jazz from New York City to nearly 450 cities in over 40 countries.

04/05/2026

Before and after on this Baldwin grand yesterday.

04/05/2026

Yesterday’s helper!

04/05/2026

April 4 (4/4) - Happy International Drummer’s Day AND International Piano Tuner’s Day! (Honestly, I didn’t make this up)

03/28/2026

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03/27/2026

Piano number two today - a Baldwin upright (the human fly trap!) at Hazen Union School school in Hardwick, Vermont.

03/27/2026

First Piano of the day - a lovely Steinway model B at a great performance center in Greensboro, Vermont, the Highland Center For The Arts. 

02/27/2026

Busy day in Vermont! A 48yo Kawai baby grand, a 126yo Kimball full size upright, and a 38yo Yamaha U3 studio upright in amazing condition. All 3 required a pitch raise because they were so far below standard pitch, so it really turned into 6 piano tunings for the day!