Several days after I tuned Mark’s 2012 Seiler SE-186 grand, he sat down to play and made a recording. We’d talked about earlier wire issues in the upper treble, where one drifting note can make the whole section feel unsettled. Here’s what Mark heard when he came back to the piano.

I made a quick video recording of the Seiler several days after you tuned it recently. In the past, the top section would have started to drift by now, not because of anything you did, but because of the earlier wire issues we discussed. Since you last tuned it, no matter what day I sit down, it’s the same as you left it. In the past, by now I’d already be messing with A#6, which would throw other notes off, and the snowballing top section would start. I truly believe nothing will need to be touched until the next time you tune it and can’t tell you what a relief that is.

P.P.S., I sent the above video and a recommendation for you to Mr. Gatchell, the owner of Atlantic Music Center.

— Mark

Watch and listen to Mark play his Seiler grand on YouTube