Shop Work

Pianos get attached to you. But as a piano technician (and with certain exceptions

Player Transmission Rebuild

Quality is in all the details

Pinblock restoration in a vertical piano

The keys of a piano are the user interface

With much enthusiasm, work has begun on the restoration of Hamilton-Baldwin #79830 (1915)

Showing some repair work to the back structure of an upright piano

A singer sewing machine is not a piano. But I accepted the challenge of restoring a sewing machine ...

As noted in the previous post, the pinblock in this piano had separated from the back posts.  ...

This piano is ready to go home again.  It is performing well and looking good.  Final tasks were ...

Amateur movers frequently damage the lower corner of upright pianos.  Shown here is my approach to ...

I can fix that!

Photos showing installation of dampers and hammers

Replacing a broken pedal board

Sometime around 1959, in Raymond Washington, I had my first piano lesson. It was on this piano: ...

This bottom board split, causing malfunction of the pedals.

Woodworking skills -- Creating a new lid for a grand piano

Quality is a collection of small details.  And for every piano, the first thing the pianist ...

The photos which follow show new hammers installed in the action and regulation in progress.

A nice reconditioning job gets a great response.

After completing work on the bottom board and keyframe, I'm preparing the piano for restringing.

An Adam Schaaf player piano recently arrived in my shop for a complete rebuild.   I'll be doing ...

The soundboard was tapered (diaphramized in Steinway terminology).   First contour lines were ...

An update on the Rebuild of Stieff 28334 has been a long time in coming.   I've been disappointed ...

Work is now complete on the key set and key frame of the 1916 Chickering Quarter Grand. This work ...

The top section of the treble bridge had many cracks which were causing poor tonality

I expect to have more time for the rebuild in November, after I finish the rebuild of a fine, old ...

Reconditioning work on a 1920s Baldwin Grand piano

I am grateful for my customers, and they are taking my time! The Stieff Rebuild is not moving ...

The piano was prepared for its trip to the refinishing shop. It's there now. I anticipate its ...

Week 15? Yes. I made no progress on the project for the past 10 weeks. Oh my. Interruptions were a ...

I completed some more work related to the key frame, and the mind is spinning with plans for the ...

New WNG parts for the action were ordered two years ago. The three photos in the sequence here ...

planning for the rebuild of Stieff Grand Piano no. 28334

The legs of a console or spinet piano are a very weak structure. Proper moving procedures require ...

The casters on a grand piano are purely decorative! Attempting to move a grand piano by rolling on ...