This Piano Tuning kit found on Amazon offers a wide variety of different piano tuning tools.

Even though I purchased it on Amazon, it's halfway decent for a tuning kit purchased online! The extra tools in addition to the lever like the kit case and miscellaneous tools, adds the extra value that make it worth buying.

This tool kit will get you started, however, upgrading your toolkit with higher quality tools is always good to keep in the back of your mind.

Amazon Piano Tuning Kit Case - Tools List

Tuning kit cases are a convenient way to keep your limited tools all in one place when first starting out.

All of the tools look nicely put together and allow for a technician to visually see and locate what they need.

Some of the tools in this kit aren't that great. Though, it's best to swap out one of the inferior tools with higher quality tools for a more complete kit.

I love the layout of all the tools and the overall appearance.

When you own this kit, you'll find out that it will be necessary to swap out some of these inferior tools for better ones.

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The Amazon Piano Tuning Hammer

For a beginner level hammer, this one is acceptable.

The lever is thicker which provides more rigidity necessary to tune pianos with less effort.

In other tuning kits from Amazon, the tuning hammers that come with the kits are often of the lowest quality that the market can support. Here, this hammer will support a technician who really wants to learn for a good price.

Phillips head and flat head screwdriver for piano technicians included in the kit

Early on, the most valuable tool for a technician is a Phillips head screwdriver as well as a flat head screwdriver.

As time goes on, it's necessary to upgrade the quality and variety of screwdrivers to carry on-hand. As well as adding other basic tools overtime.

Pin polisher

This tool is commonly used as a polisher to either clean or polish keypins underneath the piano keys that guide the motion of the piano keys.

I've found that using a clean cloth and some metal polisher gel is most effective to thoroughly polish the keypins, moreso than this wooden stick.

Some technicians prefer the wooden pin polisher regardless, it's all a matter of preference.

Tiny hammer

There are limited uses for this tiny hammer. Honestly, I can't think of any viable uses for it.

The only purpose for this tiny hammer I can possibly imagine off the top of my head is to adjust the jack position in the window.

While there may be other valid uses for this miniature hammer, I find that the size of this tool is too small for practical everyday use.

Piano Tuning Temperament Strip

This Amazon piano tuning kit came with a generic temperament strip to complete the accessory collection.

It's best to order temperaments of specific sizes/thicknesses to suite specific needs for each piano technician.

Without overcomplicating things, it's nice to see that the kit includes a temperament strip to get anyone started.

Felt Mute for Piano Tuning

Felt mutes are a traditional tool for every piano tuner.

Though, it's odd that the kit only comes with 1 felt mute.

Generally, it's nice to have a few extra mutes, instead of only 1 that you must keep track of.

"Papps Mute"

Technicians love the "Papps mute" to mute hard-to-reach areas of the piano strings.

Occasionally, this mute will break down overtime, so it's nice to have a few of these on hand.

I always recommend having a redundancy of tools so that you never run out, having more than 1 of these mutes would be best.

Amazon Piano Tuning Kit - Tuning Fork

Unfortunately, this tuning fork measures at about 444 hertz.

When warm, the tuning fork only lowers its pitch to roughly 442 hertz.

The international standard pitch is 440 hertz. Unfortunately, because this tuning fork measures too high at various temperatures, there's no way to further modify the tuning fork to lower its pitch.

Unfortunately, this tuning fork is unsuitable for piano tuning use and is a gimmick at best. Please heed this recommendation and remove it from your kit!

Piano Tuning Tweezers

Tweezers are always handy in a variety of different repairs.

Come to think of it, I only have 1 set of tweezers in my tool kit...

Having ample tool redundancy is a large factor for successful appointments during the 1st visit. This is part of the reason why I'll be happy to add these tweezers to my kit!

Awl for Piano Technicians

The kit comes with an "Awl."

I don't often find a use for this tool, so I generally don't carry one with me.

However, the other day I had a specific use for it, so I may end up adding this to my tool bag as well.

This tool seems a little dangerous, but I've never had a problem handling them.

So, just be careful!

Rubber Mutes

The handles that come along with the miniature rubber mutes are too large.

The result of this is that this muting tool as a whole will feel "off-balance."

For instance, when the mute is between the piano strings, the handle will lean downwards quite dramatically and weigh down the mute, causing it to be less effective when muting strings.

Constant repositioning of the mute may be required due to the over-sized handle which pries the mute away from where the tuner had it positioned.

I use rubber mutes every day to tune pianos. The drawback here is that they get old and lose their flexibility, ability to stick between the strings, and can wear down at the edges.

The good news is that piano mutes are inexpensive. I'll definitely incorporate these mutes into my own tool bag.

There's nothing like new rubber mutes after working for awhile with ones that have aged.

I recommend to trim the tips of the long wedges, that's because I found that there's extra material at the narrow point that isn't all that useful and gets in the way. Trim it off!

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