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 in situations with vulnerable adults and children. (Previously known as CRB checks).
Background:
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 City 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, at the time 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, cheque, bank transfers and credit cards.
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
Voicing a Grand 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