Piano Tuning by Jim Selleck, Brighton, Michigan

10/20/2026

Where's the best place in your home for a piano? Some traditional advice is outdated, but heat, sunlight, and humidity still matter!

10/19/2026

This morning! My photographically inclined great customer Dr Allison snapped this shot of me just after I finished fixing a key that was stuck half-way down and not playing.

Naturally (it's one of Murphy's Laws) the misbehaving key was crucial to a song she was learning.

10/15/2026

“Does your piano go out of tune even when nobody plays it? Yes! Here's why.”

10/10/2026

Can you tune your own piano? Well, yes, but proceed with caution, get yourself the right tools, and learn a little about what you are doing. You can get into trouble.

10/03/2026

How long should an acoustic piano last?

Unlike cottage cheese, pianos don't come with expiration dates! Age alone tells surprisingly little about an instrument's useful life.

Here's the short explanation.

— Jim Selleck | Piano Tuner / Technician
SelleckPiano.com

09/26/2026

How often should you have your piano tuned?

It's probably the question I'm asked more often than any other. The answer depends on the piano, its environment, and how it's used. Here's the one-minute version.

— Jim Selleck, Master Piano Technician
SelleckPiano.com

05/27/2026

Is your piano ready for summer? Has it been missing me? If it's been a year since its last tuning, give me a call or just use the blue "Book an appointment" button on SelleckPiano.com

05/20/2026

How often should I get the piano tuned?

05/11/2026

With Michigan spring in full force, a customer last week asked, `Say, is the noise from that guy outside mowing the lawn causing a problem for you tuning the piano?`

Yes. Yes it is. LOL -- Please, if you can, when you use the blue `Book an appointment` button on www.SelleckPiano.com, try to select a time when the lawn service will not ALSO be just outside the window running their loud 2-cycle engines. If it happens, we can deal with it, but there may be times when I have to take a 5 minute break to wait for them to move to the opposite side of the house.

There is an old saw that says any time of year is good to tune your piano, but spring and fall are best because they are traditionally the more `moderate` seasons. That comes from a past time when houses were poorly insulated, central air conditioning was rare, and windows leaked temperature and humidity like sieves.

Of course, if your home is a 100 year old farm house, your piano may still face those challenges. Many of my over 1,200 great customers live in newer homes, or have updated their older homes to better keep the weather at bay and stabilize the interior environment. In that case, you can have your piano tuned just about any time of year without worrying about it being knocked back out of tune every time a weather system moves through. The ideal humidity level year round is considered to be about 45%. That is difficult to maintain in Michigan.

Now, pianos that live in churches, schools, and other public buildings are much harder to keep in tune. Often in those situations we install a humidity control system right inside the piano. It`s generally not necessary to do that in most private homes, except in extreme cases.

For more info, you are welcome to see the Videos on my website: `Why Do Pianos Go Out of Tune?` and `How Often Should I Have My Piano Tuned?`

https://selleckpiano.com/videos.htm

Jim Selleck - Providing courteous and accurate piano tuning, repair, and rebuilding services in southeast Michigan since 1977.

10/13/2025

Sharing this email that just went out today to my great piano customers.

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