If your piano has been restored and restrung - The same as a new piano four tunings within the first year then every three to four months thereafter.Ĭlimatic changes - Changes in climate always affect the tuning stability of your piano. If your piano is new - Manufactures suggest four tunings within the first year then every three to four months thereafter. This will maintain stability in the piano. started full-time back in 1965.Q: How often should I have my piano tuned?Ī: In most climates, three to four times a year is advised. Frequent piano tuning keeps the proper pressure on the plate, strings, bridge and sound board. New Life Piano Service aka Don Korb & Sons aka Don Korb Piano aka Piano Tuning Tampa Bay aka Don Korb Piano Service – by whatever name, it’s all about one thing: continuing the long tradition of providing the same expert and precision piano tuning & repair in the Tampa Bay Area that Don Sr.
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turned his business over to one of his sons, Marty (who no longer lives in the area.) While Donovan is certainly available for piano tuning & service, Don II is the only one of the seven family members still investing full time in the family piano service business. You might say he is the last man standing! After retiring from full-time piano service in 1999, Don Sr. Nobody provides better customer service than Donovan!Īfter more than 45 years in the business, Don Korb II is still cranking & going strong – tuning and repairing the bulk of the pianos in the Tampa Bay Area. To reach the ‘young blood’ you can call Donovan Korb Piano Service (727) 481-2488. In 2005 Don II’s son Donovan started his own piano service business and has established a stellar reputation as one of the three ‘Dons’ of Piano Tuning & Repair in the Tampa Bay Area.
That same October, he established membership in the Piano Technicians Guild as RPT (Registered Piano Technician) and has continued as a member since then. In the fall of 1974, just nine years after his dad started Don Korb Piano Service, Don II started his own business, New Life Piano Service. Pete!Įver since grade school little Donny (Don II) worked alongside his dad performing action regulation duties & changing out piano parts – little by little learning the craft and developing the skills & the expertise that would prepare him to become the next ‘Piano Don’ in the St. Cabinetry refinishing, re-stringing, rebuilding & complete restoration all took place in the Korb Piano Shop that was located in the 2300 block between Central Avenue and First Avenue South in what is now known as the border between the Grand Central and Warehouse Districts…right in the heart of Downtown St. There was no piano-related service that Don didn’t perform. Petersburg that in 1965 Don Korb Piano Service was established to serve the Tampa Bay Area full time and meet that demand. The demand for top-notch quality service and precision piano care eventually became so great in St. What started as an avocation of working on pianos soon became a full-court press. has fiddled around with pianos picking them up, rescuing them from the dust, fixing them up, and above all – TUNING them! Petersburg in the Summer of 1957, Don Sr. Pete/Tampa for over SIX decades! Ever since relocating his family to St. (There are SEVEN piano techs in the family!) Mention the name Don Korb in this town and what comes to mind? Pianos of course! After all, he has been the ‘Don’ of pianos in St. Just mention the word piano to one of your friends and chances are they have had their own piano tuned and serviced by Don or one of his many family members.
The name Don Korb has long been synonymous with pianos in the Tampa Bay Area.
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