INTRODUCTION
After a half century in the piano tuning, repair and restoration business I am still busy with the tuning and repair side of the business. Although I have decided to retire from full restorations (those requiring an instrument to be in the shop for 6 months to a year), I am still out tuning and repairing pianos 5 - 6 days a week. From Boone, I travel up to 2 hours in all directions to service instruments in dozens of towns and cities around central Iowa.
The basic fee for a normal tuning is $150 plus mileage ($12 - $48, depending on distance from Boone). Typical additional charges are for a pitch-up ($79 if the piano is a quarter tone flat or more and you wish to have it tuned up to pitch), and $59 for a cleaning (vacuuming the action, underneath the keys, etc.) For all other repairs I will be glad to give a written estimate with a price that is guaranteed for as long as you maintain a regular tuning schedule.
To contact me, please either email a message to behmpiano@gmail.com or call my cell at 515-212-9220. (Please don't just text in that I have a flip phone that does not want to notify me if I have a message!) Since the pandemic, I no longer pre-schedule everything a year in advance, so finding time to make an appointment is much simpler, in that I usually schedule each day's work just a day or two in advance. (With 6 grandkids who all live locally and a 99 year-old mother-in-law who lives an hour and a half away, this makes the inevitable last minute add-ons to the calendar much easier.)
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