In addition to being a composer, Warren Park is a professional piano tuner/technician in business since the early 1970s. During the months of April through November, he operates a small piano shop at home where he reconditions and resells several used pianos each year. At any given time during those months, he may have baby grands, old full-size uprights, studio uprights, consoles or spinets available for sale, with warranty and a free tuning, for very reasonable prices. Check with Warren by phone or e-mail to learn what is available, or check this space for a current list of pianos that are ready to go.

Of course, Warren works as a piano tuner year-round, and he does tuning, repairs and reconditioning work at people's homes, as well as schools, churches, performance places, community centers, theaters and everywhere else there is a piano in need.

2007 Prices for Common Piano Work
Basic Tuning	$90
Replacement of old ivories with new white plastic keytops, including installation	$125
Upright Repair and Reconditioning
Replace and adjust damper pads                 Bass section only	$50
The remaining sections                 (including a few double-V type pads, as needed, for the                         lowest few treble strings)	$75
Basic Regulation of the Action	$100
Reshaping of Hammers to improve sound, including some softening                 of the hammers with a needle felt picker (the reshaping process                 involves using a sandpaper file to remove the old dug-in grooves                 in the hammer striking surface)	$80
Grand Repair and Reconditioning
Replace and adjust dampers                 Bass section only	$100
The remaining sections                 (including double-V type pads, as needed, for the lower treble                         strings, up to 20 notes)	$175
Basic Regulation of Action	$165
Reshaping of Hammers	$100
Other Grand and Upright Action Repairs and Parts Replacement,         Restringing, New Hammers and other rebuilding work	by estimate

Piano Humidifier/Dehumdifier Systems

Warren installs the most up-to-date equipment made by the Dampp Chaser company to provide steady humidity in and around your piano. Consistant humidity helps the piano's tuning stability and function. Too much humidity makes the action sluggish and promotes rust on the strings and tuning pins. Too little humidity causes the tuning pins to slip, the action parts the loosen, rattle and play poorly, and can make the soundboard more in danger of cracking and splitting.

The Dampp Chaser system includes three main parts: 1) a humidifier bucket with a heating rod with cloths drapped over it for evaporation; 2) a long, dehumidifying rod that puts out very mild dry heat to chase away moisture without collecting water; 3) a humidistat control: this is a black box that can sense what 45% is and turn on the component that is needed to bring the humidity to the right level. The system needs to be plugged in 24 hours-a-day year-round to provide continuous protection. The system draws very little power and has no moving parts.

The Dampp Chaser set-up includes a small panel with three lights to tell you what's happening with the humidifier. The green light tells you the whole system is getting power. The amber light, when flashing, tells you that the water level in the bucket is low, and you need to add some water. The red light indicates that the cloth pads draped on the heating rod on the water bucket are too dry to function, and the whole system has shut down to avoid damaging the piano. This red light comes on (system stopped) usually because the water bucket is bone dry (never let this happen, no matter what time of year it is), but sometimes the pads themselves have become too crusty and clogged with minerals from the water to work. If the red light comes on, call Warren to replace the pads (very inexpensive).

Getting water into the humidifier water bucket is simple. You will never have to open up the piano (uprights) or crawl under it (grands) to fill the bucket. A watering tube is attached in a convenient spot that you can easily reach. The included watering can (much like a flower watering can) has a special nozzle on it that fits the watering tube perfectly so pouring water into the bucket can be done without spilling. The watering can has a line on the side that tells you how much water to put into the bucket. Also included is a small bottle of humidifier treatment fluid that you add a little of each time you refill the bucket.

2007 Prices, including complete installation
For Upright Pianos, any size	$325
For Grand Pianos, up to seven feet in length	$375
Additional parts will be needed for grand pianos longer than seven feet.

Pianos Currently For Sale
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