Out of Chaos, Order.
““As a high-level craftsman and field technician, Mark’s skill and proficiency in identifying and solving underlying regulation and tonal issues in performance level instruments are unrivalled in Waterloo.”
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Out of chaos, order - this is our mission in the piano world because it's exactly what we do. Whether tuning, regulating the intricate inner-machinations of the action, voicing, or completely rebuilding, a finely-tuned, well-voiced, and well-calibrated piano brings beauty and order back into your performances and practice.
Over our 20+ years in business, we’ve been honored to be the first choice of thousands of clients across the Waterloo region and beyond. We are proud to have serviced pianos at the prestigious Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the renowned Stratford Music Festival, and the Beckett School of Music at Wilfred Laurier University. If you’ve been searching for a punctual, personal and experienced technician for your piano, you can rest assured - your search has come to an end.
Services We Offer
Fine Tuning
Standard tuning to A440 for a regularly-serviced piano in good repair. Includes pedal adjustment, plate bolt adjustments, and assessment.
$170 +HST
deLuxe Service Package
If you want to give your instrument the 5-star treatment, our deLuxe package is the best value for you!
This package includes tapping the strings, tightening the bolds, bedding the keyframe, and adjusting the pedals, strike point, and hammer line.
The deLuxe service culminates with a Fine Tuning and Voicing.
Uprights: $349 plus HST | Grands: $399 plus HST
Historical Temperaments
We offer a wide range of historical temperaments for the historical enthusiast. Ranging from a pythagorean tuning, to mediæval meantone temperaments, to the best of the baroque well-temperaments, we're excited to explore and offer these exciting historical solutions. While recognizing the practicality and utility of equal temperament, we are not unsympathetic to those bemoaning the loss of pure tuning brought on by equal temperament. If you're ready to embrace the warmth and texture of pre-enlightenment temperaments, these are for you:
I-IV syntonic meantone; Bremmer EBVT 1,2, and 3; Broadwood Best; Coleman 11 & 16; FiskII; Harald Vogel I-V comma meantone; Kellner; KirnbergerIII; Lehmann-Bach; Mersenne-Chaumont; Rouseau French Standard; Stanhope I-III comma; Stanhope equal beating; Thomas Young#1; Vallotti Well (1750); Valotti-Young Well; WerkmeisterIII
$185 plus HST
Interior Cleaning
Our interior cleaning service is very thorough: we remove the action, the keys, and clean all accessible parts, including the action cavity, the cast-iron plate, the keybed, the mechanical action and even underneath a grand piano's strings. Make your piano look new again!
Uprights: $145 plus HST | Grands: $160 plus HST
Dampp Chaser Piano Life Saver System Install
Your piano is an investment - so like any major investment, it should be protected. Dampp Chaser’s Piano Life Saver system protects your piano from fluctuations in humidity, keeping your piano in fantastic condition for decades to come.
Price available upon request.
Full Piano Rebuilds
In collaboration with Bolduc Pianos in Quebec, Apollo Piano is proud to offer complete rebuilds to our customers.
Collectively, Bolduc Pianos and Apollo Piano boast decades of experience. If you’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to rebuild a beloved heirloom piano to its original glory, look no further than Apollo Piano.
Price varies based on piano; please book a consultation for more information.