I did mention this over in CISD but I thought I might get a better response here for some reason....
Me, Screwdriver. Pitch Pipe. Anything else I might need, things to avoid, anything at all helpful.......

THanks
Rosemary

Nick a pair of goggles from science.

NOT reasuring YAP...........

I'm very impressed with your aural abilities if you are confident enough to tackle this on your own.



Either that, or I could recommend taking a degree in piano tuning, so you can train your ear to hear and your hands to tune.

I'm not brilliant at Aural! But I know I can do a better job than its current (mis)tuning. Probably hasn't been tuned for years. I know It hasn't in the 5 years I've been there.

A screwdriver won't do much good, unless you're going to play Cage. Buy a proper tuning hammer!

What's CISD?

Come In, Sit Down!

Where does one get one of those? Or can someone suggest a suitable substitute as I probably won't be able to get one?

Either a pair of reasonable sized pliers, or an adjustable spanner.

Will do!

YAP was probably being quite serious... my tuner turned up one day with 7 stitches in his ear and face after a string broke. He said without goggles he would be blind.

I can well believe that! How many equivalent tonnes of tension in a piano wire??

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I probably don't want to know, but I guess I'll find out......

By the time you've bought the equipment you need, you could have paid for a professional tuner to come and do it for you!

The idea is to do it well enough that I don't wince every time someone plays 2 notes, not perfectly.