CECIL SNYDER PIANO SVC

I chose Cecil Snyder's service because I found him on the Piano Technicians Guild website. When I called, he answered his phone immediately and set up a tuning appointment around my schedule. He called to confirm the day before, as promised. He called the day of the appointment to tell me he would be 20-30 minutes late due to an unexpected repair but did come at the (re)scheduled time. He explained what he was doing and his recommendations for future service. I plan on calling him again!

Mr. Snyder was fair, honest, and neat. The price was fair and affordable and he completed all the work that needed to be done in one appointment. He gave us recommendations, based on our use, that did not require frequent tune ups. He left us with information on care of the piano to prolong the efficacy of his work. He cleaned up so thoroughly, there wasn't a trace of dust left behind. We appreciate his work ethic and would gladly hire him again.

Excellent! I don't have a good benchmark of pricing but I feel his services were a good value. Cecil was wonderful, professional, consulted and had tremendous knowledge of piano build and history. Gave me advice for maintaining my heirloom baby grand. I will definitely call him back.

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I received a 1941 Steinway console piano that had sat for several years without being played. It had 5 sticky / stuck keys. Mr. Snyder removed the part that contained all the hammers and action. After a thorough examination, he informed me that the hammers should all be re-pinned and that just working on the stuck keys would just be a short term solution and that eventually other keys would have problems. He quoted me $1250 for the repair plus $150 more for tuning. Although a little stunned at the price, I told him to proceed. I received another call from call two days later saying several of the brass flanges had cracked and again, and he could just replace the ones that had cracked to save money, or, (you guessed it) replace all of them at the same time he re-pinned the hammers. That would be another $150 or so to the price. Although it was really more that I could spend on it, I figured that I could put it on a credit card in order to finance it. Imagine my surprise when I found out that no, Mr. Snyder doesn't take plastic at present, and that he was planning on getting around to setting it up someday. I wrote him a check and he was nice enough (he should be at his prices) to wait until I was able to call him and let him know there was enough money in the account to cover the check. He's a nice enough man and a pro and like pros everywhere. they don't come cheap. How does the piano sound? Well a lot better of course and while I'm not familiar with the Steinways in general it seems to have good sound quality overall. He also cleaned up some other tuner's attempt to unstick the keys using graphite paste - a bad choice.

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Mr Snyder arrived at 1 PM for his 1 PM appointment time. : ) He is always punctual. He will call if he'll be late. He also calls the prior day to confirm the appointment. He tuned the piano in one hour. The piano sounds absolutely spectacular. He tuned it for me about 8 months ago. I've used Cecil Snyder for my last five or six tunings. I will continue to call on him for my piano needs. He's really good. Besides his talent of tuning pianos, he is a very polite, nice, gentle, articulate, and helpful man. He's a real gentleman.

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An expert job.

We received a Yamaha G1 baby grand piano from a family member. It hadn't been tuned in awhile and had been sitting next to a cracked window so it had collected a fair amount of dirt and had been damaged by moisture. I called Cecil and he advised us to wait a week before tuning it so it could acclimate to the new temperature/humidity. The next week, he arrived promptly and was friendly, direct, and extremely helpful in advising the best course of action to restore the piece. We had him tune the piano and it was clear he's an expert with professional equipment. He was meticulous in his approach. It gave us great peace of mind to know the piano was in such capable hands. Speaking of which, an hour or so later, we were drawn into the room by what I'm assuming is his signature and quot;testand quot; song. The song was impressive, but the rich, pure sound of the piano was even more so. We had him back the next week to clean the piece. He disassembled parts of it carefully, polished the wires, cleaned the hammers and brought the warm wood grain out. It's now a beautiful-sounding focal point of our living room. We look forward to having him back next year for the next incremental tuning.

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Cecil Snyder did an excellent job and we highly recommend him. He is both skilled in his work and affordable. We highly recommend him for anyone in the Southern California South Bay area.

He did a fine job and my aunt was there while he worked. She was so impressed, she made an appt for him to tune her piano the next week!

Just had our piano tuned and repaired today (12/10/2011). Cecil Snyder did a great job. He even took the extra time to repair some bad keys. He vacuumed out the inside and did some needed interior clean-up. He also repaired the broken music stand. If you live in the Torrance, CA area call him up (310-542-7108). Cecil Snyder Piano Service.

He did a good job, and the piano sounds better than it has in years. He was also very nice and prompt.