Year: 2015

The Janssen Piano Company of New York made about 160,000 pianos from 1901 until 1964, when it sold ...

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 ...

In the 20 years that I lived with my father, how many times did I hear: "If a job is worth doing, ...

It was a vacation week! Terri and I enjoyed a few days in sunny California, and since we were near ...

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 ...

In his book, "This is Your Brain on Music", Daniel J. Levitin an describes interesting aspect of ...

planning for the rebuild of Stieff Grand Piano no. 28334

The right tool for the job isn't always obvious.

This video shows a field repair technique for boring an upright piano hammer for shank ...

As I prepare to do a complete action replacement on my 1911 Steiff piano, I wanted to be as ...