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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101538114445

ISBN-139781538114445

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038446774

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

Publication NamePiano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding : a Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectMusical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard

TypeTextbook

AuthorArthur A. Reblitz

Subject AreaMusic

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight26.1 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number3

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-016839

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThe cornucopia of information contained within is not only detailed with quality illustrations but also presented in a format that makes it understandable for students to follow. Every technician should have this powerful resource on their workbench!, This is a must-have book in every piano technician's library and an invaluable resource tool for anyone working on pianos., ""Very useful to piano owners and piano service people everywhere... I recommend it highly."" --John H. Steinway, Steinway & Sons Piano Company (1976) "This was the very first book I used when starting my tuning & repair business and continues to be a valued reference book today. The third edition expands on Art's clarity and straightforwardness in presenting the material." --Jim Fariss, RPT, MPT "Everyone from piano owner to advanced piano technician should have a copy of the third edition of the new Reblitz book. The new edition is an expanded version with updates on tuning and techniques. The tuning section includes more details for obtaining a perfect tuning. Repairing your own piano has never been easier with the expanded repair section, taking the guesswork out of piano repair." --Don Teach, custom piano tool maker and former technician for touring musicians "Art Reblitz has such a humble, practical, encouraging way about him that directly translates to this book. I'm so pleased he has given us a new edition with a more usable table of contents, more in depth explanations and up-to-date products and methods we technicians use for repairs. A "go to" for the next generation." --Laura Olsen, RPT, A Joyful Sound, Inc. "With valuable modernizing augmentations throughout, the third edition heartily welcomes piano technology into the 21st century. It is one of the most important tools in my kit, and I believe it will be for years to come." --Skye Meadows Jenkins, pianist, technician, teacher, Alabama Piano Gallery "This much anticipated third edition of this classic provides excellent advice on inspecting a piano and diagnosing common action problems and is especially strong as a source of information on older pianos, particularly uprights. Focused on simplicity, the book lays a good foundation of knowledge without overwhelming a novice piano technician or ambitious amateur. Well-written and easy to understand, Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding remains the most approachable manual on the topic today." --Mario Igrec, RPT, M.Mus., Chief Piano Technician, The Juilliard School, author of Pianos Inside Out: A Comprehensive Guide to Piano Tuning, Repairing, and Rebuilding "This is a must-have book in every piano technician's library and an invaluable resource tool for anyone working on pianos." --Chris Finger, Chris Finger Pianos "The cornucopia of information contained within is not only detailed with quality illustrations but also presented in a format that makes it understandable for students to follow. Every technician should have this powerful resource on their workbench!" --Robert R. Goodale, RPT, University Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Music, With valuable modernizing augmentations throughout, the third edition heartily welcomes piano technology into the 21st century. It is one of the most important tools in my kit, and I believe it will be for years to come., Art Reblitz has such a humble, practical, encouraging way about him that directly translates to this book. I'm so pleased he has given us a new edition with a more usable table of contents, more in depth explanations and up-to-date products and methods we technicians use for repairs. A "go to" for the next generation., This was the very first book I used when starting my tuning & repair business and continues to be a valued reference book today. The third edition expands on Art's clarity and straightforwardness in presenting the material., This much anticipated third edition of this classic provides excellent advice on inspecting a piano and diagnosing common action problems and is especially strong as a source of information on older pianos, particularly uprights. Focused on simplicity, the book lays a good foundation of knowledge without overwhelming a novice piano technician or ambitious amateur. Well-written and easy to understand, Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding remains the most approachable manual on the topic today., This is a must book in every piano technicians library and an invaluable resource tool for anyone working on pianos., Everyone from piano owner to advanced piano technician should have a copy of the third edition of the new Reblitz book. The new edition is an expanded version with updates on tuning and techniques. The tuning section includes more details for obtaining a perfect tuning. Repairing your own piano has never been easier with the expanded repair section, taking the guesswork out of piano repair.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal786.2/1928

SynopsisAll the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos is contained in this clearly written volume. Reblitz provides the ultimate reference book and instruction manual for both the professional and the amateur, with vital updates since the publication of the second edition., All the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos is contained in this clearly written volume. Arthur A. Reblitz provides the ultimate reference book and instruction manual for both the professional and the amateur. Professional piano technicians rely on Piano Servicing in their daily work, yet its instructions and the hundreds of clear drawings and photographs are so easily understood that any person handy with tools can quickly grasp the fundamentals of piano servicing and rebuilding work. At least twenty-five schools where piano servicing is taught use this as a text. Having sold more than 45,000 copies of the first edition, Vestal Press in pleased to have played a role in helping technicians and hobbyists rebuild, maintain, and tune untold numbers of pianos and is especially proud of the book's endorsement by the House of Steinway. This greatly enhanced and enlarged second edition has new material to benefit owners of the earlier edition., For over forty years, Arthur A. Reblitz's Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding has been the gold-standard manual for piano technicians and hands-on hobbyists who want to rebuild or maintain pianos. Reblitz demystifies the daunting prospect of working on a piano as he guides readers through every detail of upright and grand piano mechanics and describes servicing and repairs with understandable, easy-to-follow instructions. The third edition of this invaluable handbook includes over 60 new and 300 remastered images of piano anatomy, tools, and techniques; consideration of ivory alternatives and the newest adhesives and lubricants; new material covering the art of tuning by ear and today's sophisticated electronic tuning devices; new repair and rebuilding techniques; and a brand new glossary of terms. Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists around the world with an essential twenty-first-century guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments., The third edition of Reblitz's Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding provides piano technician and servicing programs, pianists, and amateur players and hobbyists an essential guide to achieving peak performance and maximum longevity for their instruments. It includes over 350 new or remastered images and extensive updates throughout the book.

LC Classification NumberML652.R3 2019