When did Kimball stop making pianos?

February 1996

Where is the serial number on a Kimball piano?

Kimball pianos sometimes have the serial number in a hard-to-find place stamped on the back edge of the keybed. This is looking from the tail end of the piano.

How do I get rid of piano for free?

Here are a few options that may be available for your piano donation:

The Beethoven Foundation accepts piano donations depending on condition of the piano. If your donation is accepted, they pick up your piano for free.
Pianos for Education will pick up a piano in all 50 states for free.
Check your local options.

Do pianos improve with age?

Pianos do not get better with age. The action has a zillion moving parts that wear out, the hammers wear out, the dampers wear out and don’t work right. The pin blocks get loose and/or crack, the sound boards crack, lose their crown and compress. The strings get old, corroded and dead sounding.

Is Tuning a piano dangerous?

That may be an atypical incident in the piano tuning world, but the business isn’t without its dangers. The wire strings of a piano are tightened to a collective 17 to 20 tons of tension. Sitting right next to a piano sounding board exposes them to over 100 decibels the level at which permanent damage can set in.

Do you have to tune a piano after you move it?

Generally, a piano should be tuned with each change of location, unless the move is within a single building. In most cases, a move from one room to another part of the home won’t cause problems unless the new room has a different climate, such as a patio, a garage, or a den.

Why piano goes out of tune quickly?

Many factors cause pianos to go out of tune, particularly atmospheric changes. For instance, changes in humidity will affect the pitch of a piano; high humidity causes the sound board to swell, stretching the strings and causing the pitch to go sharp, while low humidity has the opposite effect.

Can a piano be tuned after 30 years?

Yes. Mine was just tuned after >30 years. Tuner tuned it down a semi-tone to be “safe”. He said in his experience old strings take a “set” and if they’ve been below concert pitch for a long time, trying to bring them up to concert pitch could break the strings.