Pianos and Music
Johannes Bergmark

Piano tuner and technician



[Bergmark is grinding the sound board of a grand piano where it's difficult to reach!]

Bergmark is grinding the sound board of a grand piano where it's difficult to reach!
(Action photo from the education in Leksand. Not to be taken seriously!)
Photo: © Göran Kunstbergs




I do piano tunings, action regulations, repairs on and give advice about your grand or upright piano. If you have older keyboard instruments (square pianos, harpsichord, spinet or clavichord) or electro-acoustical like clavinet or electric pianos, I also know much about these.

A piano tuning normally costs 900 SEK (Sweden), 200 PLN (Poland) or 90 € (euro countries).

I live and work in Stockholm, Sweden (and sometimes also in Szczecin, Poland. Please ask me if I will be there if you need me!).

Educations:
1991-92. At the time Sweden's only education for piano technicians, Pianoteknikerlinjen (now closed down) at Hantverkets Folkhögskola (later changed to Företagarnas Folkhögskola but nowadays Leksand Folkhögskola) in Leksand. Teacher: Mats Ferner.
1992-96. At the time Scandinavia's only piano- and cembalo builders' education that leads to a a German Qualifying Piece of Work (Gesellenbrief): Musikk Instrument Akademiet in Norway (now also closed down). Teachers: Odd Aanstad, Knut Tore Bakken and Dr Alastair Laurence (the very piano tuner of the Brittish queen), who had his own piano factory in England and now has in Norway.
My Qualifying Piece of Work (which makes me a Journeyman) was made in 1996 in Klingenthal, Germany, where I also got education from the Meister Peter Schlosser, who has his own piano production. The Gesellenbrief had the character "gut bestanden", which is a good grade.
I also have an interest of historical keyboard instruments and have, among other things, built a large clavichord (18th century type) under the direction of Hans Erik Svensson and with a support from the grant fund for musical instrument technicians of the Royal Swedish Music Academy (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien). I also built a small one in the education in Norway.

If your instrument is in Sweden and I don't have the time to take care of your instrument, you can find collegues among the Swedish Association for Piano Tuners and -Technicians (Sveriges Pianostämmare- och -Teknikerförening).


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Updated the 3rd of January 2009.