10 Easy Tips to Keep your Piano Looking and Sounding Beautiful

1. Dust your piano regularly. Nothing will keep your piano looking nicer than the simple use of hand duster.

2. Keep the piano lid closed when not being used. This will prevent from dust getting inside the piano.

3. Do not place your piano next to a window or where sun light might be able to enter. Sun light will lighten and damage the finish.

4. Clean those dirty keys with a damp cloth and wipe off the keys quickly. Never apply any liquid directly onto the keys.

5. When having guests, put up the lid on the piano to prevent people by placing their glasses on the lid of the piano. A piano is to be played not to place drinks. Otherwise round rings may appear.

6. Keep the humidity between forty and fifty percent. Nothing will make a piano go out of tune faster than the fluctuation of humidity.

7. Tune your piano regularly. Typically when the heat is turned on and the heat is turned off will make the piano go out of tune. If not twice a year than once a year should be adequate.

8. Do not place your piano next to a heater. Again, a direct heat source will harm the piano and make it go out of tune quicker.

9. Be careful not to place items on the piano. A piano is to be seen not covered.

10. Just because a piano may look old and sound bad does not mean it can't look and sound beautiful again. Have an expert restore it to its former beauty to give it another lifetime of use.

Todd Lindeblad is a fourth generation piano restorer. He works with his father, specializing in the restoration and sale of vintage pianos at http://www.lindebladpiano.com