https://www.gregcolepianotuner.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/48c5d732-d631-4d38-844f-055b86be74f5/IMG_1673.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/4764c91f-f574-44ca-b9fd-b49985e209bf/63296341566__A0617EB9-6104-425F-9DDC-F17EB881F4FC.jpg Home My visitor - his name is Smokey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/94472f3e-991b-4b68-b441-f391b012ebe9/Action+adjustments.jpg Home Touch regulation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/7b74eff4-1405-4556-9907-41ea85daf467/IMG_4953.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/cd45ceec-1b71-4923-9438-4e89fa0f87d1/IMG_3140.jpg Home 1929 Bosendorfer 170 5'7" (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/55b056de-ac05-4a6e-b957-af93827c8854/IMG_5288.jpg Home Workspace - Bosendorfer in the foreground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/29bb0de4-df90-4420-92f7-dd5923fc267d/IMG_1229.jpg Home Grand Action a peek at the grand mechanism beneath the hammers that is responsible for fast repetition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/26814ac6-c7b0-4757-aec8-83535d5b5127/IMG_4506.jpg Home Rosewood 1885 Knabe 6'3" (inventory, inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/03b74f9e-bd05-4c70-a4e4-640d4eea8fef/tempImageiPr1O5.png Home 1880's Mason & Hamlin (client) These antique uprights are becoming increasingly popular! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/6c5605c5-6da2-42cb-a572-3667fa16b06f/tempImageHSHl98.png Home 1880's Mason & Hamlin (client) When rebuilt, their sound and touch can rival some of the best uprights on the market today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1582bb0e-7664-452c-912c-fb16a3074e87/IMG_8298.JPG Home Tuning a new Steinway D Concert Grand Founders Hall, New Britain (CCSU) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/f5731628-63a2-44ec-a7b4-2c939ad0438b/IMG_8318.JPG Home Steinway D New Concert Grand Founders Hall, New Britain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1307dcae-926d-4092-b05b-d311e67b36d0/Loading+vs+support.jpg Home Soundboard, rib and bridge schematics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/d4b323dd-1408-417a-a4b5-11b041c3fb82/tempImagejh6pRt.png Home 1962 Steinway D Concert Grand Welte Auditorium, New Britain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1640463675313-Q6XU2VIT78G9TR19U7RW/IMG_8389.jpg Home Ivory Key repair (before) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1640463760004-7JS6YOQZP74PK8OMCD3Y/IMG_8392.jpg Home Ivory Key repair (in progress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1640112559251-OUSZUOQPX5GDZMRJM9NQ/IMG_8397.jpg Home Ivory Key repair (done!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/2c71db31-cd95-4c30-830a-96555b1fdffa/tempImageZ8l3FG.png Home Regulation - correcting sluggish hammer shanks in a Brodmann 187 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/392aba4f-e0fa-4434-ab49-a990d8f88091/CC5C2967-5B67-45E3-9D59-D480DB5F49A3.JPG Home 1984 Hamburg Steinway C, Scarsdale, NY - one of my favorites! (many fine pianos have a story to tell: anyone know Emmanuel Axe?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/b2ab5c6c-a2c9-4e93-b9c9-cb27123ef04b/1165C90D-9D5E-4F6A-AB8C-6EE811FACF08.JPG Home An early solution to winter humidification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/6cb57d3f-77c4-4662-99de-22d4f5209405/IMG_0664.jpg Home After replacing butt cords on a Yamaha and some voicing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/03f85b7f-ab06-4494-a8c2-fdd58cf724c9/tempImage4uzy1s.png Home CT PTG chapter meeting and work session at my workshop in Bridgeport, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/2c6852e0-32e3-415f-b50f-1dea5738844d/tempImagesuo8pL.png Home 1929 Bluthner Grand, unique action design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/ee2c8837-f292-4338-bdcc-4a2d866eb192/tempImageFvYD1d.png Home Tuning a Yamaha C7 at Yale - Schwartzman Center. Major fundraiser event including a mystery pianist (who insisted on performing with the lid facing back stage) That "mystery pianist" was a Midi System featuring a live remote Performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/38cbcd7d-7c22-4a76-a8a6-a61a64d37f2a/tempImagev2BUh0.png Home Carl Dorr 6'2 Viennese grand 1910. Very similar to Bosendorfer. A rare piano! Very few imported to the states. Factories destroyed during WWII and few survive. Rebuilt and refinished in France. (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/b8615020-94b2-42af-bac3-6f4e766f8d24/tempImageI3YaPC.png Home At my workshop in Bridgeport - CT Chapter Piano Technician's Guild learning sessions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/7b00a194-c9f7-48fa-a9a9-efcbd3150639/IMG_6694.jpeg Home Recording Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/ca98f994-58ab-4c95-82fc-8643ba26a2bc/IMG_5989.jpeg Home Steinway O Macasser Ebony Art Case ca. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/da66a5ac-c634-40f9-a2fa-c553b6dbc3fe/IMG_7196.jpeg Home Bosendorfer Semi Concert Grand 225 with 92 notes (extra 3 bass notes). A little bit of deferred maintenance requiring extra work during tuning: hammer filing, voicing; action lubrication; light cleaning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/e43bdef7-314d-4566-8566-292e767f04a5/IMG_7185.jpeg Home Bosendorfer Semi Concert Grand 225 with 92 notes (extra 3 bass notes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/c02ec7c0-9ff9-4a53-94bd-891dd6a5caf2/IMG_6801.jpeg Home Yamaha G3 Artcase piano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/efa9585d-3932-40ae-9e97-96549d2ac70f/IMG_6794.jpeg Home Yamaha G3 Artcase piano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/4559f848-f92e-41a4-9523-f67fefcb0264/IMG_6671.jpeg Home Recording studio tuning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/6a0c2d47-f16d-43dc-8582-f72b4ad04e1e/IMG_6255.jpeg Home 1920's Knabe concert grand identified as a Fox Films orchestra recording piano (one of my personal pianos, it's now located at Gallery Sono, Norwalk) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/5e973264-c778-4945-ba4d-0cb83bec1b3e/IMG_6691.jpeg Home Bechstein grand, wide room temperature fluctuations can require blanketing to keep pitch from drifting during tuning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/3ffb1f15-2123-4003-8462-7332ebfbdf60/IMG_5879.jpeg Home Steinway D, some are a real challenge to tune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/f61fce34-fdc1-4c0f-ae68-898fb5558e86/IMG_5764.jpeg Home 1896 upright repairs on damaged panels using recycled mahogany veneers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/a9ff5bf3-867d-4fbe-8ebb-200a0b99724a/IMG_5761.jpeg Home 1896 upright repairs on damaged panels using recycled mahogany veneers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/82bf770a-35f9-4eed-a403-ae3b6aff9366/IMG_6199.jpeg Home Sumptuous settings - Greenwich, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/065f5b5f-94f4-408c-b8af-fd96b282a225/IMG_5033.jpeg Home Wurlitzer Butterfly piano veneer repair using recycled veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/c3438a02-8731-422f-9456-3e26085e0095/IMG_4818.jpeg Home 1896 upright repairs on damaged panels using recycled mahogany veneers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/a4e15d83-04b5-4114-9433-bb07430b0e52/IMG_5044.jpeg Home Wurlitzer Butterfly piano veneer repair using recycled veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/82e27cdb-74a3-4744-94da-5f3b871e8a8c/IMG_5040.jpeg Home Wurlitzer Butterfly piano veneer repair using recycled veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/03ebce1b-6cf1-4683-984f-5bdb3325c491/IMG_4646.jpeg Home 1896 upright repairs on lifted veneers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/fcd8b35f-eec9-4c70-8bae-3a9ecce6819a/IMG_4590.jpeg Home Wurlitzer Butterfly piano veneer repair using recycled veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/b2bd65d1-29b3-4695-a92d-0a871ec0bf48/IMG_4220.jpeg Home Piano in Chateau de Cheverny (Loire Valley, France piano sightings) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/ecdbc376-a931-4efe-a121-fc1355ce6607/IMG_3889.jpeg Home Double piano pre-concert rehearsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/04c30a08-3cd7-4da9-a3c5-dcf1eaa8cc76/IMG_3895.jpeg Home Double piano tuning Pequot Library, Southport, CT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/57890def-5363-4219-8611-a53ac9be1eb6/IMG_7368.jpeg Home Bechstein Model A, cabinet restoration and partly rebuilt (uploaded 12/24 for client - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1734805859542-7HD289T001E1QNJEM8R3/IMG_2271.jpg Home Yamaha U3 - excellent condition (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/37cfeb26-5d48-411f-8a71-ff017c5ff8e7/IMG_2881.jpeg Home Steinway B, 1873 85 note - piano rescue from a closed theater. (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/c5f2b3ec-fddd-41c1-8651-9552c10bd435/IMG_8520.jpeg Home Steinway B, 1873 85 note - piano rescue from a closed theater. (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/42d1e8cb-2629-4734-9ec9-aa09feb5ea97/IMG_2868.jpeg Home Steinway B, 1873 85 note - piano rescue from a closed theater. (inventory - inquire about price) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/90b38b89-8288-4dfb-9f7c-b3415dbac135/IMG_8734.jpeg Home There's a piano in there . . . somewhere . . . Greenwich, CT. Just-for-show Kranich & Bach Grand 1925. All original with high level cabinet refinish. "Tune it just in case someone sits down to play" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/2dbc7d67-1a60-4d42-9a8d-40e8e1a8f82b/IMG_8493.jpeg Home A beautiful restored antique Steinway A2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/387f6021-94e5-4600-8005-2be4bf3f8cb3/IMG_8200.jpeg Home Bechstein B-206 a favorite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/386f6206-4c4f-48b5-9d42-89bc09635563/IMG_8348.jpeg Home 200th Anniversary Steinway B, Beautiful. But for some reason one of the most unstable pianos I've had the pleasure to tune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/716de3f3-c6cf-4836-8336-01ce3fc5e05b/IMG_1220.jpeg Home Celesta 1880's Think Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies from the Nutcracker. Very rare and valuable. (inventory - inquire about price as unrestored) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/f8ccb752-2624-4052-abfc-5ec6cbe4898d/IMG_0876.jpeg Home Bosendorfer Model 280VC (9ft). Delivered new to Welte Auditorium, CCSU New Britain. Summer 2025. Not much can top this spectacular piano! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/50e90363-6a6a-4d68-8d3c-383c9b145d20/IMG_1244.jpeg Home Celesta invented by V Muestel, Paris in 1886. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1769397068393-HLMZMHDUR59AMUDO5WSR/IMG_1601.jpg Home Hammer work and a satisfied customer! Victorian Steinway B, restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610d708b82dd7e482c07f738/1628276721077-CO2Y4S4J260EOK5M4HZW/3FC46F07-6D1E-4BBA-8976-38910F6D1190.JPG Home