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Tuning the Piano for Stuart Maclean’s Vinyl Café in Nanaimo

Everyone loves Stuart Maclean, how could you not? An out-of-town friend recently called me up and literally yelled into the phone: “I am just reading Stuart Maclean's book “The Vinyl Café Notebooks”, and did you know he mentions you by name in there?!” “Oh, Read more [...]

Interesting Piano Tuned in Ladysmith BC

My recent call to tune a Heintzman piano in Ladysmith held an interesting surprise. The old piano turned out to be Grand Old Dame from the golden years of Heintzman’s production. Built in Toronto just prior to 1920, this piano was truly one of this prestigious firm’s Read more [...]

Piano Tuning from Mill Bay to Hornby – a busy week

Tuning Pianos across Vancouver Island kept me very busy this week. Piano work took me from Duncan, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay to the south up to Hornby Island, where I prepped the Bechstein grand piano at the Hornby Community Hall for a concert. Side trip through Oceanside - Read more [...]

Nanaimo Piano Tuner makes discovery while tuning in Duncan BC

On a recent piano tuning trip to the Cowichan Valley and Duncan, one of my stops was St John's Anglican Church in downtown Duncan. The instrument I was called to tune was a modern, shiny black upright piano. No surprises there. But my attention was drawn to the alcove in Read more [...]

Piano Tuning Holiday: Nanaimo, Duncan, Parksville, Qualicum BC

I will not be tuning or repairing pianos in Nanaimo, Central Vancouver Island including Oceanside from Jan 01st - 5th, 2013. During this time I will be tuning and servicing pianos at Kwantlen College in Langley on the mainland. Regular piano servicing will resume again Read more [...]

Solo Piano – N.Y.C.

As a piano tuner, I am often asked: "What should we do with our old piano?" Here is a touching short documentary on the subject. https://nyti.ms/QUxtcX Read more [...]

Nanaimo Piano Tuning Gift Certificates

To all my piano tuning clients in Nanaimo and the Central Island, including Parksville, Qualicum, Ladysmith, Duncan, I wish to extend my best wishes for the Holiday Season. Thanks you for entrusting the tuning of your pianos to me, allowing me to restore harmony Read more [...]

Piano Service in Yellowknife 2012

As part of his piano technician services, Jurgen Goering makes an annual trip to Yellowknife, in the North West Territories of Canada. There he has a dedicated clientelle of piano lovers who get their pianos serviced and tuned annually by him. In 2012 his Yellowknife Read more [...]

Piano Technician convention October 2012

Jurgen will be continuing with ongoing professional development by participating in a Piano Technicians' convention from October 14-17, 2012. Please note that Piano Forte Service on Vancouver Island will be closed from October 13th until October 18th, 2012. We will be Read more [...]

Hornby Island Festival

Since 2009 Jurgen has been honored to work as the piano technician for the annual Hornby Island Music Festival. Once again in August of 2012 he spent close to a week on beautiful Hornby Island while preparing and tuning the piano at the community hall, where most of the Read more [...]

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