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WORLD-CLASS PIANO TUNING EXPERTISE
For over 50 years, Cambridge Pianoforte has been the trusted name in piano tuning across Cambridge and surrounding areas. But we’re not just any tuning service, we’re the tuners behind the city’s most prestigious performances.
Where the professionals turn
When Cambridge’s finest venues need perfection, they call us. We’re the exclusive tuners for the Cambridge Corn Exchange, West Road Concert Hall, Saffron Hall, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and the magnificent Ely Cathedral. Every concert, every recital, every standing ovation our tuners make it possible.
The Cambridge standard
There’s a reason all the colleges of Cambridge University and the majority of the city’s independent schools entrust their pianos to us. Our technicians don’t just meet industry standards they set them. With specialist training, including advanced courses at Steinway’s Hamburg headquarters, our team possesses expertise you simply won’t find elsewhere.
Why it matters to you
Your piano deserves the same meticulous care we give to concert grands. A perfectly tuned piano isn’t just about hitting the right notes it’s about unlocking resonance, clarity, and the full voice of your instrument. Even the finest piano suffers when tuning is compromised.
When you choose Cambridge Pianoforte, you’re choosing technicians trained to the highest international standards. The same hands that prepare pianos for world-class performances will care for yours.
Our Customers
Meet Our Tuners
Iain Kilpatrick
Iain is a partner in Cambridge Pianoforte, and has more than 30 years’ experience of tuning and technical work. He trained at Newark & Sherwood College in the 1980s, where he was also the external examiner from 2000-2010. He is a former winner of the Blüthner Tuning Cup and was the David Mark’s Tuning Cup winner in 1991 (a national tuning competition for piano tuners). Iain is a member of the Pianoforte Tuners’ Association.
Iain has been responsible for the preparation and tuning of the instruments in all the main concert venues in the Cambridge area. These include the Cambridge Corn Exchange, Saffron Hall, West Road Concert Hall in the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge Arts Theatre, and the majority of the colleges of the University of Cambridge including King’s, Trinity and St John’s.
Iain has also tuned for many international artists, including Jamie Cullum, Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Murray Periaha, Mitsuku Uchida, Stephen Kovacevich, Angela Hewitt, Imogen Cooper, Martin Roscoe and many more. He has also provided technical support for a number of sound recordings, including most recently for Barry Douglas and singers Iestyn Davis & Roderick Williams.
Currently, Iain is the main tuner for the majority of Chandos Chamber recordings in the UK.
Marcel Kunkel
Marcel is our lead piano technician. He originally trained at Newark & Sherwood college, but later also received training at the Steinway & Sons factory in Hamburg.
Marcel is one of those rare people who live and breathe music, in every aspect. Besides being a piano technician he is also a trained musician and audio engineer.
As a sound engineer, Marcel has worked with people from all kinds of genres, from the Academy of Ancient Music to Boney M. His own rock band has won several awards and continue to gig whenever they can.
With his extensive knowledge, Marcel truly understands every aspect of the piano and can act as a link between musician and instrument. His clients have included Imogen Cooper, Thom Yorke (Radiohead), John Cage, Benjamin Grosvenor, Rick Wakeman, Piere Laurent Aimard, Barry Douglas and many more.
Laurence Fischer
Laurence joined the company in 2017 having completed his training as a tuner and technician at the Piano Technology School.
His love for the instrument has thrown him head-first into the world of piano tuning, and he is delighted to be a member of Cambridge Pianoforte’s organisation.
Laurence’s musical career is long: from a Chorister at St. John’s, Cambridge, to a pianist at King’s College, London. His talent as a musician and pianist has won him several scholarships and awards, and taken him on tour all over the world. He has performed in a wide variety of venues and for varied occasions, including for the birthdays of Princes and even an Emperor.
