Howard Piano Industries

Howard Piano Industries Howard Piano Industries has been serving piano owners & technicians since 2008.

We provide trusted piano parts, tools, and educational resources to help keep every piano performing its best.

๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž? ๐Ÿค” When a piano starts showing signs of age, deciding whether to repair or replace it isn't always str...
07/31/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž? ๐Ÿค”

When a piano starts showing signs of age, deciding whether to repair or replace it isn't always straightforward. The answer depends on more than just one sticking key or worn partโ€”it comes down to the instrument's overall condition, structural health, repair costs, and the value it holds for you.

Many pianos can continue performing beautifully with the right repairs, while others may be better candidates for replacement if major rebuilding is needed. A professional evaluation can help you understand your options, avoid unnecessary expenses, and make the best decision for your piano's future.

๐ŸŽถ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

โฌ‡๏ธ Watch our piano repair videos here:
https://www.howardpianoindustries.com/piano-repair-videos/

Explore professional piano repair tools, maintenance products, and expert resources at HowardPianoIndustries.com

07/30/2026

๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Sometimes, the biggest piano problems have the ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

What looked like a regulation or key bushing issue turned out to be something completely unexpected...

โœ๏ธ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ lodged inside the drop action.

๐Ÿ”ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ?
โœ”๏ธ ๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ
โœ”๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐
โœ”๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ

But after removing the pencils, the action immediately returned to normalโ€”๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

It's a great reminder that not every piano problem is mechanical. Sometimes, a quick inspection reveals the real culprit.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about piano care, parts, and tutorials at ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ

๐Ÿ”” ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ for more piano tech stories, troubleshooting tips, and behind-the-bench content!

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐€๐ง๐ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ŸŽน A piano tuning is essential for restoring accurate pitch, but itโ€™s only one part...
07/29/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐€๐ง๐ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ŸŽน

A piano tuning is essential for restoring accurate pitch, but itโ€™s only one part of keeping your instrument performing at its best. While tuning corrects notes that have drifted sharp or flat and restores harmony across the keyboard, it wonโ€™t solve every issue a piano can develop over time.

Problems like sticky keys, uneven touch, harsh tone, noisy action parts, or pedal issues usually require regulation, voicing, or repairsโ€”not another tuning. Understanding the difference helps you choose the right service, improve playability, and keep your piano sounding and feeling its best for years to come.

๐ŸŽถ ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก. ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž.

โฌ‡๏ธ Watch our piano tuning videos here:
https://www.howardpianoindustries.com/piano-tuning-videos/

Explore professional piano tuning tools, maintenance products, and expert resources at HowardPianoIndustries.com

Every key is a choice. ๐ŸŽน Like life itself, the piano responds to the hands that guide it. Patience shapes progress. Prac...
07/28/2026

Every key is a choice. ๐ŸŽน

Like life itself, the piano responds to the hands that guide it. Patience shapes progress. Practice builds confidence. Passion gives every note its purpose. At Howard Piano Industries, we believe the finest instruments don't define the musicianโ€”they empower them to create something meaningful.

Because what you get from a piano depends not only on how it's built... but on how it's played.

๐Ÿ”ง Crafted for every step of the journey.
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07/27/2026

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง? ๐Ÿค”

Your piano may look spotless on the outside... but ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž?

Over time, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌโ€”often without you ever noticing.

๐Ÿงน ๐‡๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ:
โœ”๏ธ ๐’๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž
โœ”๏ธ ๐”๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž
โœ”๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

A piano can look perfectly clean while hidden buildup quietly affects how it ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ and ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ.

Regular ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , along with routine tuning and maintenance, helps keep your piano performing smoothly for years to come.

Because with pianos, ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐žโ€”๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about piano care, parts, and tutorials at ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ

๐Ÿ”” ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ for more piano maintenance tips, cleaning guides, and behind-the-bench piano tech content!

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ“ Two pianos may share the same brand, model, and size, yet sound completely differ...
07/26/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ“

Two pianos may share the same brand, model, and size, yet sound completely different. That's because every piano develops its own unique character through the materials it's built from, the environment it's kept in, and the way it's been played and maintained over the years.

Natural variations in wood, changes in humidity and room acoustics, regular tuning and voicing, and years of playing all influence a piano's tone and touch. While two instruments may look nearly identical on the outside, their sound reflects a unique combination of craftsmanship, care, and history.

๐ŸŽถ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ. ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ.

โฌ‡๏ธ Watch our piano care videos ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.howardpianoindustries.com/piano-care-videos/

๐Ÿ’ฌ Have you ever played two "identical" pianos that felt or sounded completely different? What was the biggest difference you noticed?

Share your experience below ๐Ÿ‘‡ โ€” we'd love to hear your story.

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07/25/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿค”

You'd be surprised by what can end up inside a piano.

Over the years, technicians have discovered everything from coins and toys to random household items hiding inside the case. And while they might seem harmless, they can actually interfere with how a piano performs.

๐Ž๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž:
โœ”๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐”๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ

One of the strangest things I've ever found? ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐Ÿญ Definitely not something you expect to see inside a precision instrument!

Now it's your turn...

๐Ÿ’ฌ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ? Drop your story in the commentsโ€”we'd love to hear it!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about piano care, parts, and tutorials at ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ

๐Ÿ”” ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ for more piano tech stories, maintenance tips, and behind-the-bench content!

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ŸŽผ Most piano players use the pedals every dayโ€”but many don't fully understand what ...
07/24/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ŸŽผ

Most piano players use the pedals every dayโ€”but many don't fully understand what each one is designed to do. Beyond simply making the piano louder or softer, each pedal changes the way the instrument responds, helping shape tone, sustain, and musical expression.

The right pedal adds resonance by sustaining notes, the left pedal softens the tone, and the middle pedalโ€”when it's a true sostenutoโ€”selectively sustains only the notes already being held. On many upright pianos, however, the middle pedal serves as a practice or mute pedal instead. Knowing how each pedal works helps you get the most out of your piano, whether you're practicing or performing.

๐ŸŽถ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ. ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ .

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Every performance tells a story. ๐ŸŽน A melody can transport us to another place, awaken forgotten memories, or paint vivid...
07/23/2026

Every performance tells a story. ๐ŸŽน

A melody can transport us to another place, awaken forgotten memories, or paint vivid scenes without a single word. At Howard Piano Industries, we believe a piano is more than an instrumentโ€”it's a storyteller. When it's crafted with precision and care, every note becomes part of a narrative waiting to be shared.

Because the most unforgettable stories aren't read.
They're played.

๐Ÿ”ง Crafted for every story worth telling.
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07/22/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐žโ—

If your piano ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, the piano itself usually ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ.

Pianos don't lose their tuning randomly. When they drift out of tune quickly, there's almost always an underlying cause.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
โœ”๏ธ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ ๐€ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค
โœ”๏ธ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

Because pianos are built with ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, changes in the environment cause the structure to expand and contractโ€”directly affecting pitch.

The solution isn't always ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . It's identifying why your piano is becoming unstable in the first place.

A stable environment and regular maintenance are the keys to helping your piano stay in tune longer and perform at its best.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about piano care, parts, and tutorials at ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ

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