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Qualified Piano Tuner Technician Tuning Pianos in Lancashire



I recondition, repair, and tune pianos in the Lancashire area of England. I cover the Lancashire area, North Manchester, parts of Merseyside and South Cumbria. Why do I cover such a large area? I provide services that other tuners do not, so manufacturers and retailers in the UK use my skills.

Environment:

We travel around in a Nissan EV200 All electric van, keeping our carbon footprint as low as possible.

I have been vetted by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and, therefore, approved to work with vulnerable adults and children. (Previously known as CRB checks).

Background:

Tuning at the BBC Voice
Tuning at the BBC Manchester

I was trained as a piano tuner technician at RNCB Hereford back in the 70s where I received a diploma in piano tuning and repair. I also obtained my City and Guilds String Instrument Design, String Instrument Repair, and String Instrument Tuning and Toning, parts one and two, in all three City and Guilds. I also completed Action Finishing and Regulating Part One. As part of my training in 1978, I spent six weeks at Bentley Piano Factory on tuning and toning. Also, one day a week out of the six in the action finishing and regulating department. During that same year, I was awarded the Clothworkers' Prize for the highest exam pass for Cities and Guilds in the UK. In 1979, I spent time at Kemble-Yamaha Piano Factory on voicing and toning. In 1979, I received the Layton prize for the best piano repairer, and that prize was awarded to me byHRH the Prince of Wales.

In 1980, I started to work for Hunt's Pianos in Darwen, the largest restoration/wholesaler in the UK with over 2,000 pianos in stock at any one time. The following year, I was promoted to head technician among five technicians and two apprentices. In November 1986 I set up my workshop and piano tuning round; since then, I have attended technical refresher courses with Bluthner, Yamaha-Kemble, Kawai Pianos, Renner (UK,) Konig (UK), and in 2017, spent two days at the Steingraeber Piano Factory in Germany observing their ways of working on pianos.

Barrie Heaton , Dip. AEWVH, FABPT, FIMIT, CGLI (hon.), MMPTA (usa).

Payment.

We take cash, cheques, bank transfers and credit cards.

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These are some of the towns and villages I cover (please see the map below):

Lancashire Towns and Villages

Regulating Keys on a Grand 
Piano
Regulating Keys on a Grand Piano


 Voicing a Grand piano
Voicing a Grand piano


 Tuning a Schimmel piano
Tuning a Schimmel piano

  • Abbey Village
  • Accrington
  • Adlington
  • Altham
  • Atherton
  • Ashton-in-Makerfield
  • Aspull
  • Aughton
  • Bacup
  • Balderstone
  • Bamber Bridge
  • Barnoldswick
  • Barrowford
  • Baxenden
  • Belmount
  • Belthorn
  • Blackburn
  • Blackrod
  • Bolton
  • Bolton-by-Bowland
  • Bretherton
  • Broughton
  • Brierfield
  • Brinscall
  • Burnley
  • Burscough
  • Bury
  • Carnforth
  • Chatburn
  • Chapeltown
  • Chorley
  • Clayton-le-Moors
  • Clayton-le-Woods
  • Cleveleys
  • Clitheroe
  • Cliviger
  • Cockerham
  • Colne
  • Coppull
  • Crawshawbooth
  • Croston
  • Darwen
  • Dolphinholme
  • Earby
  • Eccleston
  • Edenfield
  • Edgworth
  • Euxton
  • Fence
  • Fleetwood
  • Formby
  • Forton
  • Freckleton
  • Fulwood
  • Garstang
  • Goosnargh
  • Great Harwood
  • Greenmount
  • Hiagh
  • Hapton
  • Haslingden
  • Haywood
  • Helmshore
  • Hindley
  • Hoddiesden
  • Hogton
  • Horwich
  • Huncoat
  • Hutton
  • Irwell Vale
  • Ince
  • Kearsley
  • Lancaster
  • Leigh
  • Leyland
  • Longton
  • Longridge
  • Lowton
  • Lum
  • Lytham St Annes
  • Mawdesley
  • Milnrow
  • Nelson
  • Newburgh
  • New Longton
  • Orrell
  • Ormskirk
  • Oswaldtwistle
  • Padiham
  • Parbold
  • Penwortham
  • Pilling
  • Preston
  • Radcliffe
  • Ramsbottom
  • Rawtenstall
  • Ribchester
  • Rishton
  • Rossendale
  • Royton
  • Rufford
  • Samlesbury
  • Scarisbrick
  • Shaw
  • Shevington
  • Silverdale
  • Skelmersdale
  • Southport
  • Stacksteads
  • Standish
  • Swinton
  • Tarleton
  • Thornton-Cleveleys
  • Tockholes
  • Tottington
  • Turton
  • Tyldesley
  • Up-Holland
  • Waddington
  • Walton
  • Waterfoot
  • Westhoughton
  • Wheelton
  • Wigan
  • Withnell
  • Worsley
  • Worsthorne
A Map of the Main Area I Cover

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