We will reschedule if we have any COVID-like symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. We are continuing to practice common-sense measures, such as washing hands and avoiding personal contact. Integrity Piano Service provides skilled, courteous piano tuning and maintenance, enabling beginners and advanced musicians alike to sound their best, and find FULFILLMENT through music. We get your piano back in shape so you can rediscover how fun and fulfilling music can be! Too many people aren't enjoying their piano like they could be. If you experience any problems with this site, please contact us.Īre you a good person? See if you're better than Mr. We accept cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.Īll content copyright 2004-2020 Integrity Piano "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,īut he who makes his ways crooked will be found out." -Ībout Integrity Piano Service and Kenneth Farrington, Spinale said most hobbyists may start on a digital piano, but inevitably realize they want to switch to an acoustic one, which means they will need a technician.Integrity is doing what is morally right,Įven when nobody will ever see or know the difference. "I'd say a good two thirds of it you still have to do by yourself by ear," he admitted. The faster it spins, the flatter the key is. When it's spinning to the left, it means the key is flat.
"The machine does most of the heavy lifting like if there's any math that needs to go into it," he said. Helping clients figure out the problemĪlthough he was trained to tune everything by ear, he has a tuning machine - a Sanderson Acc-Tuner III - to help him out. He said he's tuned mostly older pianos such as tall, upright pianos from the 1800s, or most recently a piano from Plymouth that was purchased at the Chicago World Fair in 1918. Luckily, most pianos aren't entirely different from one another - except for square grand pianos commonly from the 1700s, because the pins are different. Spinale said tuning is about taking it slow and being patient. The magic of Toto's 'Africa': How it brought these young NB area musicians together “You need to have a lot of patience and a lot of finesse." "It took me about a year to get competent, then another year to get confident," he added with a smile. " You actually get a starter kit and they explain to you like, 'Break this string,' and then now you have to figure out how to fix it.Īfter graduating, he worked at a music store teaching lessons and training with other tuners. "They would mail you the materials every week," he said. In 2017, Spinale attended the American School of Piano Tuning. "I would sit around watching him open up a piano and tune it," Spinale said. "I found it fascinating." He was inspired to learn the art of tuning after observing his childhood instructor, Steve Piazza of Fairhaven, tune the piano.
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After paying back his college loans, Spinale decided to take music on full time. The New Bedford High School graduate attended Anna Marie College for music. In 2020, he moved to Brockton and got married in April. “I'd like to move it to original music, but we'll take that one day at a time," he said. He's been playing in a Primus, Neil Young, Frank Zappa cover band called Temporary Phase. Satisfied with his work, Spinale sits down and plays another impressive melody on the Cafe Italia piano. “I'm definitely grateful that the piano was chosen for me, in a sense, but yeah, it would have been inevitable that I found my way there," he said with a chuckle. Spinale's third choice was the piano because his aunt had an old one in her basement. Then I wanted to buy a guitar and she was like, 'That's too expensive,'" he recalled. "I wanted to play drums, but my mom said it was too loud. Spinale said piano was essentially chosen for him. His sister is also a violinist and his mother, a flutist and choir singer. Zietz building gets a new tenant: Abstrakt music open in New Bedford His father, a violinist, would purchase classical scores and then its corresponding record. "It signifies his support, and my going into music."īorn in Acushnet, Spinale comes from a family of musicians.
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