It's one of those disappearing professions, sad to say. Took me a couple of years to find a living piano tuner. Took me another year to find one who is good. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoon will come to your house at the appointed time, tune your piano properly, and remind you in a year when it's time again. read more

Carl Hoon and more recently Carl and his wife Linda have been tuning my pianos for well over 20 years. I have been teaching piano for over 25 years and a good tuner is so important to me. For many years I had a poorly rebuilt baby grand but Carl made it sound good. He was always gracious when it came to his opinion of that piano but jumped at the opportunity to give me pointers when it came to replacing that old piano. I listened to him and we now have a wonderful Baldwin that more then makes up for the years of double striking and pedal issues with the old piano. Carl is always the perfect gentleman and I trust him to the point where I will leave the house while Carl is tuning and ask him to lock the door on his way out. ( of course I miss his post tuning concert when I have to leave) The thing I most appreciate about Carl's tuning is the fact that he "tweeks" the piano after he tunes it with the electronic tuner. All pianos have their quirks and personalities and Carl makes sure the piano is in tune with itself- not just an electronic box. I highly recommend Carl- in all the years I have never had to call and say a key was out of tune right after it's been tuned. I have had to do that with other tuners. I once had the tuner from Summerfest come back out because a much used "G" above middle C was not in tune. The tuner was angry with me but tunings are expensive and I expect to hear beautiful music right after a tuning. That has never once happened with Carl. I hope Carl is able to continue his magic for years to come. read more

Carl has been tuning my family piano for almost 25 years. His work is outstanding and my piano is better for it! I love the annual reminder call, too! Although, my piano normally lets me know that it's time before I get the call! LOL! I highly recommend Carl! Bonus - he plays a beautiful song when he's done. That guy can tickle the ivories! ;) read more