pianoscope – Piano Tuner

I have only used the 14 day free trial thus far, but it a couple of sittings my friend and I, with minimal experience, got my piano tuned beautifully!!! We tried tuning by ear, which seemed at first to work, but ultimately sounded a bit off... this gives you precise quality control, enabling you to tune down to the cent! I will say on some lower treble and bass strings the tuner jumps around quite a bit— not sure why, but I still feel it works great! I highly recommend! I have yet to purchase it... I think $100 bucks is a bit overpriced, but hey, the creator’s got to make money too, and how many people honestly purchase a tuning app? I think for me, the cost is definitely worth it— I mean, how much do piano tuners charge? I would not recommend paying all that money for the pro version... I did not see any of the pro features to be useful enough to spend that much... they are features not even professional piano tuners need.

I have used other electronic tuners, including some pretty sophisticated and expensive (professional) ones and yet after using Pianoscope the difference was clear from the first tuning. Notes around the tenor C3 area are more precise and the 3rds and 10ths are more even, but the main thing is the overall sound of my piano. It was quite an emotional response actually as for the first time since leaving the showroom, my grand piano sounded so full and wonderful that I was lost in playing it for hours. And yes, it seems to have held its tuning better than before, although I do spend quite a lot of time and care on it. I can thoroughly recommend this tuner. I particularly like the multi-display (strobe and line) ways you can check the tuning, and the option to change the display - very useful. I think pianoscope is the new benchmark for electronic tuners for sure.

I have been a professional piano technician for over twenty years and I’ve finally found a tuning app that I am very comfortable with. I own and have used most of the other professional piano tuning apps that are available. I don’t want to mention the other apps by name or talk negatively about them because their developers have worked hard to create excellent apps that serve piano tuners well. Instead, I will speak about the strengths of Pianoscope and talk about why it has become my favorite tuning app. 1. This app is so well built. Everything about it is intuitive and easy to look at while I’m tuning a piano. Many of the other tuning apps have a cluttered screen with unimportant information that distracts me while I’m tuning. I find that the simplicity of how everything is presented allows me to concentrate on tuning the note that I’m working on then move on to the next note hands free. Tuning is a pleasant experience. 2. The developer is very open to feedback and is responsive to questions. After interacting with the developer I can tell that this app will evolve in a positive way over time. 3. I’m not sure what math is used to evaluate the inharmonicity but the tuning curves that are created are very good. The notes stand up to all the beat tests that I can use. If the tuning curve needs adjusted it is very easy to manipulate manually as needed. Again, it is just a well built app that instills confidence in my tuning when I use it.