I’ve been restoring, refinishing, and all the associated aspects of piano maintenance for over 30 years now…..most of my restorations are with Steinways, and a few Baldwins. My latest projects was a 1915 Steinway A3. The soundboard was busted up quite a bit, but I was able to pull it back to the ribs and shim it up. I put new Renner hammers and action parts in it, and I must say……this is probably my favorite scale. Warm….powerful….but whispers when you want ppp sounds. I am enjoying your video VERY much. I wish, however, I had started my career with an expert teacher. As it was…..I had to learn 90% of my work by just doing it. I could have saved myself from a host of mistakes had I learned from the expertise that you have.
Compared to your shop my tools are very crude. You must be an accomplished machinist, or have one on staff to provide yourself with such precision instruments. I make my jigs and fixtures with pieces of pine, dowels, and what every I can CA glue together quickly. Oh well…..it gets the job done. My weak area is refinishing. Since there is no good finishers in my area that I can expect to get the quality ‘piano finish’…..hand rubbed satin patina….I have had to learn to do it myself. It’s a long and tricky job but I am getting better. Again….finding an expert to learn from is just about impossible…..sadly.
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Amazing tools! Great job
I’ve been restoring, refinishing, and all the associated aspects of piano maintenance for over 30 years now…..most of my restorations are with Steinways, and a few Baldwins. My latest projects was a 1915 Steinway A3. The soundboard was busted up quite a bit, but I was able to pull it back to the ribs and shim it up. I put new Renner hammers and action parts in it, and I must say……this is probably my favorite scale. Warm….powerful….but whispers when you want ppp sounds. I am enjoying your video VERY much. I wish, however, I had started my career with an expert teacher. As it was…..I had to learn 90% of my work by just doing it. I could have saved myself from a host of mistakes had I learned from the expertise that you have.
Compared to your shop my tools are very crude. You must be an accomplished machinist, or have one on staff to provide yourself with such precision instruments. I make my jigs and fixtures with pieces of pine, dowels, and what every I can CA glue together quickly. Oh well…..it gets the job done. My weak area is refinishing. Since there is no good finishers in my area that I can expect to get the quality ‘piano finish’…..hand rubbed satin patina….I have had to learn to do it myself. It’s a long and tricky job but I am getting better. Again….finding an expert to learn from is just about impossible…..sadly.