: How do you tune a piano? Ok so I am visiting my grandparents and I am going to practice piano at their house for about a month. But, when I started playing it, I noticed that the piano was out of tune buy a full QUARTER tone.

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I teach piano tuning and have a lot of free videos. This is not something you want to learn to do alone. You need guidance. I think in all the things I’ve learned in my life, getting piano tuning instruction, or guidance from another person, has helped me the most to save time and get good. howtotunepianos.com I’m a Registered Plano Technician, I have trained and worked as a Mechanical Engineer, high school teacher, and professional musician.

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It might be obvious to one who has absolute pitch. But if the whole piano is out by that quarter tone, the majority of people would not notice. Unless they played along to a recording that was at concert pitch. It may have been tuned thus on purpose. If it's only certain notes, or one string out or two/three, then it's a different matter. But if it's in tune with itself, let sleeping dogs lie.
You will need certain tools, the hammer being crucial - use the wrong size, and you could end up wrecking the pegs. You won't be able to use a tuner, like you would with a guitar. It's often a few hours for an experienced tuner to pull up a piano, so I believe it's a bad idea for you to attempt this.
If it was my piano, I wouldn't let you near the inside, and would question the mindset of grandparents who are happy for you to experiment on their pride and joy.

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A search for "how to tune a piano yourself" will turn up a variety of instructional videos. Here's one that seems especially promising to me.
You'll need the right tools for the job, also. Again, a search for "tools for piano tuning" will give you the results you need.