Dave Lukitsch Piano Services

Dave Lukitsch has serviced and tuned my 20-​year-​old, 7-​foot grand piano, since 2003. I typically call him to tune it at least once a year, as it falls out of tune every spring/​summer, when moisture levels rise and it sounds just abominable, until Dave arrives and makes it sing right on key.
Dave has a fantastic ear and exhibits great attention to detail. He is punctual, courteous and professional. (Has a bit of a quiet phone manner.) I have tried a number of tuners over the years and Dave is truly the best there is. Dave Lukitsch has my highest recommendation.

Dave has been tuning my pianos since the late ‘80s. From antique uprights to my fraternitiy’s beer soaked baby grand, he has always been able to bring life back to the wayward pianos that I have accumulated over the years. He will always give me an honest opinion of my instruments and only recommend improvements and/​or fixes that are necessary.
He has always been prompt and professional and his knowledge of the instrument is simply amazing. I have recommended Dave to MANY friends and family and they have never been disappointed.

I’ve used David for piano tunings for 8 years and have recommended him to many of my students and friends. He is very professional and experienced in piano repairing and tuning, and he truly care about bringing the best sound out of a piano. He is certainly a hardworking dedicated music technician. With all my appointments, he has been always on time yet spent at least 2 hours, sometimes 4 hours to get my piano to its best state he can. He is very friendly, patient and genuine, not the bubbly salesman type of tuners.
Last year, I bought a new piano and it includes a free tuning from a self-​claimed best piano tuner in Chicago. He changed my apts 3 times and was still 45 mins late. Worst of all, he moved all keys ¹⁄₈ higher and somehow made the pedal really harsh to press down. I was surprised he finished in one hour. But he left me a piano that was so off that I can not play along with a CD or another keyboard. Needly to say, I called David. When David finished working on it, my piano sounds so beautiful!
David’s pricing is very fair. He just came to my home for an annual tuning plus voicing and he did sth to remove the string bumps on all key pads. He worked on my piano from 2:30 — 5:30 and made sure I am truly happy about it. The cost is $ 120. I think that is super fair… Some tuners would charge $ 150 just for a one-​hour tuning.
I trust David with my pianos. I can not think of anything bad about his services.

I called Dave on a Sunday afternoon around 2 o’clock in the afternoon. I live in Lincoln Park and long story short, my piano was tuned beautifully and singing by 6!
I had never met Dave before, but found him via about 60 positive reviews on Angie’s List. He was punctual, polite, and after the tuning part of the appointment, conversational.
While working he noticed that a shared string in the higher register was missing, and was able to remove the hammers, install a new string, and get it in working order lickity-​split. Even though it was something small that I would never have noticed, he was thorough enough to isolate and solve the problem when it presented itself.
When the appointment was coming to a close he even whipped out a small vacuum cleaner and got the dust out of the bottom of the cabinet.
Bottom line, Dave was a consummate professional, who drove into the city on short notice on a SUNDAY, and really saved the day for me, as I will be entertaining later this evening. Now my guests will get to enjoy the beautiful sounds that are a result of his work.
I WILL be calling him again!
–CJ

I called Dave for a price quote and got a very unenthusiastic person on the other line. You would think you would be a little more excited to get a prospective customer. I asked for his price quote which was a little less than others I have called.
I then asked about replacing a broken string on my piano. He quoted me the most ridiculous price for replacing this string after trying to convince me I don’t really need to replace it. Who does that?!
After he finally gave me the price quote for my string I asked him if he offered piano moving services. He asked where it was going to so I told him. He then asked if it was already at my house… Um, what? I just told you it’s coming to my house… So no.
He then told me if I can’t find anyone else to move my piano he would move it. So he didn’t even quote me a price for that service. The whole conversation was filled with «um“s and «well“s… Very un-​confident.
Needless to say, I won’t be using his services. If he’s that lazy and unenthusiastic about a quote then what kind of actual service would I be getting?