In the piano trade since 1984. Trained at the Bösendorfer House in Vienna. Based in Berlin, I travel every winter to Cuernavaca / Mexico City to tune, repair, and advise on your piano with dedication, experience, and personal attention.
Lasting, reliable, and guaranteed.
Piano action, hammers, dampers, keys, strings, pedals. I quote in front of the piano, after inspecting it.
An acoustic and artistic journey through your piano's fine-art possibilities.
Free phone consultation. I can also assess online listings. My appraisals within the same visit are free. Written appraisals requiring a special visit are quoted on request.
Tuning of neglected, abandoned, or irregularly maintained pianos is quoted after a phone consultation. Repairs are quoted in front of the piano, after a direct assessment.
My first tuning studies were in 1979, in New York, privately, with Carlos Grajales and Patrick Votta. From 1980 to 1982 I studied piano building, tuning, and voicing at the Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik in Vienna, where I learned strict quality standards and service ethic. Afterward I worked in Mexico City: for several years I taught piano tuning and repair at the Escuela Nacional de Música of UNAM, where I was also the maintenance coordinator for the institution's more than 85 pianos. I moved to Germany in 2003, after working in Cuernavaca as a tuner for several years. Since 2005 I've worked as a piano tuner and restorer in Berlin. I serve everyone from punk rock groups to concert halls with the same seriousness and professionalism.
WORKING AT BÖSENDORFER, 1981, 25 YEARS OLD (LEFT IN PHOTO) — Photo: E. Harding
I offer my services in Spanish, German, and English.
I'm an open-minded professional. I have been developing special projects together with sound artists, production teams, festivals, and composers.
CARLOS SANDOVAL - WhatsApp +49 177 599 46 24 berliner.klavier@gmail.com
