Darwin Piano Services

Darwin Piano Services Piano tuner- technician Martin Tucker - 38 years experience with 15 years of annual dry season vis

Qualified Piano Tuner- Technician
37 years experience( NSW Con )
YAMAHA warranty repair tech
APTTGA guild member
(official Australasian piano
tuner technicians guild )
Pianist ( achieved level A.mus.A)

Looks like the doco film is taking us off on a big road trip south ! Getting prepared for the journey and pianos waiting...
24/08/2026

Looks like the doco film is taking us off on a big road trip south !
Getting prepared for the journey and pianos waiting for me along the track. Il need get that old 80’s jacket out of the cupboard as spring is not necessarily going to be warm once in the southern latitudes .Ive become tropicalised!

“The piano tuner “ screenings:
*Darwin Deckchair 24 th Sept- tickets selling fast !

*Alice Springs 18th Oct matinee .

*Adelaide Film Festival 22-25 Oct.
*Hobart State Cinema late Nov .tbc

Website www.thepianotuner.film

I’m always happy when I can successfully get through a week of tricky repairs and finer tunings whilst Pitch Black is r...
02/08/2026

I’m always happy when I can successfully get through a week of tricky repairs and finer tunings whilst Pitch Black is roaring above me , inescapable this time of the year . 🫨🫨.
Everyone is asking about the film. Not the Hollywood ‘Tuner’ drama recently shown , but our feature documentary that’s taken 8 years in the making and recently premiered at Sydney Film Festival .
So finally …
“The Piano Tuner” Darwin premiere will be screened on 24 th September at the Deckchair Cinema . There’s a lot of stories attached to a lot of pianos and a lot of Darwin featured .
Can’t wait to show it and will be there for a Q n A afterwards . It’s the chance to ask me any odd or embarrassing question you like ?!
Tickets now available on the Deckchair cinema website . It could sell out this one ..
www.thepianotuner.film ( .film so cool)
Please share with your mob !

29/03/2026

When I first came to Darwin in 1998 I wondered whether anyone had a piano here ? Well 28 ! years on with many constant trips back and forth from Tassy I’ve somehow slotted into the town nicely and know where most of them are hiding and theres quite a few more than I originally thought !

With all the rain the Wet Season ,your piano may be struggling a bit , sticking keys ? Perhaps sounding a bit sideways ...
11/03/2026

With all the rain the Wet Season ,your piano may be struggling a bit , sticking keys ? Perhaps sounding a bit sideways ?! 🥲. Don’t stress I’m back up next week to deal with everything . Wave my fairy wand around and get Darwin pianos back on track for the 20 th year ! 200+ on my excel spreadsheet but I’m thinking some of these may have left town ? I rarely need to send reminders but it’s always good to give me a poke so you stay up on the list, so we keep it on track before my next exit .

Nice old Australian heritage Beale that I refelted and tuned ~4 years ago . It would have been their top model upright...
14/02/2026

Nice old Australian heritage Beale that I refelted and tuned ~4 years ago . It would have been their top model upright in its day . It’s going for free , only catch it’s upstairs but be positive ! Gravity in its favour . 4 sets of muscles, a sheet of formply cut lenght-ways ,some tie down straps and my piano trolley and oversea th operation . Slowly slowly .. Best move with a box trailer ( not a Ute ) . Can pm details of owner .

The pre back-to -school busy time , I get time for some repair work .The messy dusty jobs done outside between the rains...
24/01/2026

The pre back-to -school busy time , I get time for some repair work .The messy dusty jobs done outside between the rains . The finer assembly done in the surgery .
Also I’m succumbed finally to excel spreadsheet for client base management ( why havnt I earlier I say !!Marvellous ) and have logged in 185 pianos on my hand written records that Ive tuned in Darwin over the years not counting a bunch of school and church pianos . Not sure how many of these are still current but the trend is that a number of people come to Darwin , stay a few years and leave , often leaving the piano here . Over the last 20 years I get to discover the same instruments time and again popping up around town in different houses. Some get a visit from the moths mice and carpet beetle in between visits , others stay nice , the ones that get me in on a regular annual visit I must add .
Il try contacting all by txt to see who wants to stay on my list . The mission to keep all the pianos alive here in Darwin.
Happy music making for 2026!

Wishing all my clients , all Darwin and Alice Springs piano -passionate people a happy and musical 2026 ! Learning an in...
30/12/2025

Wishing all my clients , all Darwin and Alice Springs piano -passionate people a happy and musical 2026 ! Learning an instrument is a challenge but a very rewarding one IF you put the practice in .Repairing all the neglected pianos I keep find lurking in houses or underneath ?! in the open ?! is my biggest challenge up here as you can see ..but somehow I get more satisfaction on saving these old beauties if I can , just as much as doing the fine work on a concert grand before a show .
Bugs , dirt, humidity all enemies for BOTH acoustic and digital pianos . At least the acoustic ones are repairable though . When the digital ones play up its often cheaper to buy another one 🥲..
So 2016 here we come . Book me before mid year because I’m planning a trip across the top to Queensland and then down south .
Cheers and Happy New Year ! M

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