Pianos at Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music
Pianos are at the heart of any music faculty and are essential to performance, research, teaching, and composition. A large piano complement and professional technical team is critical to the success of our students.
Piano Facts
- approximately 150 acoustic pianos
- 75 grands, 75 uprights, plus 25 digital
- practice rooms – 35 uprights, 15 grands
- von Kuster Hall – 9’ Steinway D & new 9’ Yamaha CFX
- Paul Davenport Theatre – 7’ Steinway B
- Studio 242 – Yamaha C7X
- 3 piano technicians tune, repair and rebuild
- tune approximately 45 pianos each week
- pianos may be tuned monthly, weekly or even daily depending on use
- shop work includes repairs, restringing, hammer and damper replacement, pinblock replacement, and sometimes, soundboard replacement
- piano technicians also maintain early keyboard instruments
