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| Refinishing |
| We have 25 years experience working with fine woods and finishes. Our expertise includes: |
- Complete color selection
- High gloss, Semi gloss, or Satin sheen
- Grain-filled finish or open-grain finish
- Making missing or ruined parts like new
- Veneer repair or replacement
- Specific details including decals, case hardware, exposed felts
- Creating benches to match the piano like original
- Restoring the overall finish and color to match the original if desired
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| Bellywork |
| This is an embellishing industry term that describes the overall work on the soundboard and string area of the piano. Our work in this area rivals new pianos. Often called rebuilding, this work includes: |
- Restringing the piano
- Repair or replacement of the soundboard
- Repair or replacement of the bridges
- Pinblock replacement when needed
- Refinishing the soundboard and plate (harp)
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| Action and keyboard |
| The term "action" describes the entire mechanism that allows your fingers to connect to the strings. Up to 5000 parts of wood, metal, leather, and felt make up this complicated aspect of the piano. Our staff has been trained in US and German factories in the very specific skills required to create an ideal even and balanced touch of your piano. |
- Simple action & keyboard reconditioning
- Complete action rebuilding
- Modernize old action designs
- Beautiful ivory restoration
- New keytops of synthetic, ivory, or bone
- Performance regulation
- Concert tuning & voicing
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| John Broadwood 6' Grand |
| Refinish, restring, soundboard repair, redesign and rebuild action with complete regulation |
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| Mason & Risch 5'4" Grand |
| Refinish, action maintenance and regulation |
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| Lester 5'6" Grand |
| Refinish, restring, all new action parts with complete regulation, complete lid repair and new veneer |
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| Henry F Miller 5'4" Grand |
| Refinished, restrung, new keyboard felts, action regulation |
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| Knabe 6' Grand |
| Refinished, restrung, new hammers, soundboard repair, new damper felts, all new keyboard felts, complete action regulation |
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Windows fade wood finishes
Windows, even north facing windows, fade the color of the wood on that side of the piano over time. |
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Open or closed grain refinishing
Open grain is a simple finish, leaving a textured surface to the finish. Closed grain is a more complex finish, filling the grain in order to create a totally smooth surface. |
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Cosmetic choice for grand piano restoration
Restoring the belly of a grand piano is often a choice made for improving the beauty of the piano, even though the piano may sound good beforehand. |
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Action work perhaps doesn't need to be extensive
Many piano owners desire to improve the beauty of their piano, but are happy with how the piano plays and sounds, so maybe only simple action maintenance is required. |
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When I saw the piano, I couldn’t even talk, it is so beautiful and it sounds so beautiful. I want you to come & see it, it’s gorgeous, just gorgeous. Thank you, thank you.
Judi Baker
Mason & Risch grand piano refinished August 2007 |
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