Welcome to
E. H. Vernon & Co Ltd
trading as
Piano Services
.
This site will help you with acoustic pianos only, helping you if you want to buy or sell a piano right through tuning and repairs, parts and materials, polishing, moving to complete rebuilding and Concert tuning work – we know we can help you……
ANYWHERE IN NEW ZEALAND
PIANO SERVICES –
the unseen hero of the Concert Stage – Tuner to the artiste, the ability behind the scene, the forgotten performer of every performance. Mastery, skill and workmanship in motion, working for the quality piano owner at a reasonable fee –
PIANO SERVICES
Warning
Over the years the Piano Industry has seen some very unethical members and groups.
Possibly akin to the proverbial “car sales man” – often people haven’t been trained and because they are musically gifted think they can tune and repair a piano – the results of their shoddy work is out there! Many of these people only work in the industry part time and never develop the required skills to do a professional job. (These people are often recognised by unrealistic and unsustainable charge out rates, or offering pianos for sale at low prices (which are general junk), or by not having an official business structure.)
Piano tuning is much more then pulling the string into tune, it is understanding the sound production and development and the correct function of the keys. The unethical practice of just pulling the strings into tune has lead to many pianos being badly out of regulation. Your tuner should be sacked if they don’t work on touch and tone at EACH tuning visit.
Being a qualified tuner and technician and a member of credible piano organizsations, I know the importance of attending regular training seminars. This is a high priority, ensuring I am always upskilling, skill building and maintaining a quality of work to a high standard and being peer reviewed. With new and innovative procedures, practices and products being introduced consistently, my ongoing business networking makes sure your piano gets the very best treatment.
Remember the 3 T’s – TOUCH, TUNING & TONE.
For your peace of mind always use someone you can trust when having any work done on your piano.
Contact Info
| Email : | pianoservices@inspire.net.nz |
| Phone : | 0278 417602, 06 3569013 |
| Physical Address : | 190 Featherston St, Palmerston North |
| Mailing Address : | PO Box 4108, Palmerston North |
| Tuner / Technician : | Allen C Birchler ( Concert Piano Technician) |
In 2023 I competed in the Quartet category at the New Zealand Central Districts Brass Band Association competition held in Whanganui NZ.
To celebrate our win the Palmerston North Brass Band “Quartet” went and played the winning music in the Durie Hill Tunnel, Whanganui. Our quartet consisted of 3 members with the adjudicators being informed the fourth player was Tacet – the ghost player came very alive at Durie Hill!
Durie Hill Tunnel, being a 213-metre-long adit (a horizontal passage leading into a mine for the purposes of access) has an echo reverberation of 1.2 seconds, making for some interesting acoustics. The tunnel is one of the few spaces where the human voice can sing a chord! Our surprise to this is evident at the end of the music. Enjoy.
Rondo (Allegretto) from Divertimento No 4, K439b by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Arranged by Brad Howland) played by Carmel Spencer, Kiahn Murray Witana, Allen Birchler.
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